Chapter Summaries

Yao Chen regained his soul strength and prepared to have Xiao Yan refine a new body, while Wind Venerable brought him Human Scorpion’s corpse and revealed that Lu Bu had killed the powerful Dou Zun. As Lu Bu traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and the snake sisters, Queen Medusa emerged to stop Yao Zi’s advances, just as two figures fleeing Soul Hall appeared and begged Lu Bu for help.

• Yao Chen recovered his soul aura with the Soul Infant Fruit, and Xiao Yan presented the materials for refining his body.
• Wind Venerable brought Human Scorpion’s corpse to the stone tower, and Xiao Yan and Yao Chen recognized the signs of Lu Bu’s poison and inferred that he had killed Human Scorpion.
• Lu Bu cultivated aboard Yao Rong while Xiao Yi Xian recuperated, and Yao Zi tried to gain his affection by seeking comfort and security.
• Queen Medusa emerged from Lu Bu’s robe, struck Yao Zi away, and told Lu Bu to return to Alchemy Tower.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable warned Lu Bu that Soul Hall was pursuing someone, and a Spirit Clan figure and a Soul Hall pursuer rushed toward them.

Lu Bu learned that Soul Hall was targeting the Spirit Clan and suspected the Hun Clan had begun a campaign to gather its bloodlines. After Yao Zi confirmed that two Spirit Clan families had disappeared, Lu Bu returned to Sacred Pill City, where Yun Yun reacted angrily to his new companions.

• A Spirit Clan fugitive self-destructed while fleeing Soul Hall, but Lu Bu seized his remaining soul before Seventh and Eighth Heavenly Venerate could capture it.
• Lu Bu questioned the fugitive's soul and learned that Soul Hall had taken his family; he suspected the Hun Clan was eliminating Spirit Clan members to collect their bloodlines.
• Lu Bu ordered Heavenly Fire Venerable to kill Seventh and Eighth Heavenly Venerate, then burned the fugitive's soul and sent Yao Zi to investigate Spirit Clan families.
• Yao Zi reported that two powerful Spirit Clan families had vanished without signs of battle, confirming Lu Bu's suspicion that the Hun Clan had begun moving against the Spirit Clan.
• Lu Bu returned to Sacred Pill City with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python twins, and Yun Yun grew jealous when Yao Zi introduced herself as his servant.

Lu Bu reunited with Qing Lin and Yun Yun, arranged protection for Qing Lin, and learned how their powers had advanced. After cultivating with two Rank 8 Demonic Cores, he spent the night with Queen Medusa, but Qing Lin interrupted them after breaking through to Seven-star Dou Zong.

• Yun Yun retrieved the two serpent sisters from Lu Bu, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to bind them and assign them to protect her.
• Lu Bu promised the sisters Jie Li Pills, while Qing Lin stored them inside the space in her pupils and proudly revealed she had reached Six-star Dou Zong.
• Yun Yun revealed she had reached Peak Dou Zong after adapting to her Spirit Clan bloodline, and Lu Bu offered to prepare a Tian Yun Pill for her.
• Lu Bu absorbed the energy from two Rank 8 Demonic Cores and reached Peak Five-star Dou Zun, then discovered Queen Medusa waiting in his room.
• Queen Medusa tried to claim Lu Bu for the night, but Qing Lin interrupted them and announced she had reached Seven-star Dou Zong.

Lu Bu failed to refine a Devouring Celestial Corpse and learned that Yao Chen had reached the Half-Saint realm. After Qing Lin pointed out that Yao Hua Xie Jun and the Profound Nether Sect father and son were still alive, Lu Bu decided to eliminate the threat and agreed to take Qing Lin with him.

• Qing Lin interrupted Lu Bu and Queen Medusa, then left while they continued their private encounter.
• Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion discovered Human Scorpion had left to seek opportunities, then learned Yao Chen had returned as a Half-Saint and ordered their people to find Human Scorpion and Yao Hua Xie Jun.
• Lu Bu tried to refine a Devouring Celestial Corpse, but its Devouring Power turned violent and destroyed the corpse.
• Qing Lin told Lu Bu that Yao Hua Xie Jun and the Profound Nether Sect father and son could still threaten them, so Lu Bu decided to go after them.
• Qing Lin said she knew where Yao Hua Xie Jun was and persuaded Lu Bu to let her accompany him.

Lu Bu and Xiao Yan joined forces to stop the Tian Ming Sect from taking control of the Flower Sect, and Xiao Yan helped Hua Yu recover her strength. When Yao Hua Xie Jun ambushed Xiao Yan after he left, Lu Bu appeared to confront him, while Chen Xian mistook Xiao Yan for the supposedly vanished Nie Yang with Dou Di Potential.

• Lu Bu explained that the Tian Ming Sect had restored Yao Hua Xie Jun to further its plan to control the Flower Sect, then encountered Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran on their way there.
• Lu Bu and Xiao Yan agreed to work together against Yao Hua Xie Jun, with Xiao Yan serving as bait and Lu Bu planning to attack him.
• Xiao Yan refined pills that helped Hua Yu regain vitality and reach Two-star Dou Zun, then left the Flower Sect with Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Hua Xie Jun, Chen Tiannan, Chen Xian, and a gray-robed elder ambushed Xiao Yan after he left the Flower Sect’s territory.
• Lu Bu appeared with the Heavenly Demon Puppet, claimed Yao Hua Xie Jun as his opponent, and assigned the others to fight.
• Chen Xian recognized the puppet as Nie Yang’s guard and shouted that Xiao Yan was the vanished person with Dou Di Potential, leaving Xiao Yan confused.

Lu Bu and Xiao Yan fought the Tian Ming Sect after its members mistook Lu Bu for both the Dou Di Potential Xiao Yan and Yao Chen’s disciple. Their allies killed Chen Tiannan and overwhelmed the attackers, while Lu Bu turned his attention to Yao Hua Xie Jun and stopped when Hua Jin intervened.

• Lu Bu claimed to be the Xiao Yan with Dou Di Potential, prompting the Tian Ming Sect members to realize he wielded the Heavenly Nether Asura Hand and to mistake him for Yao Chen’s disciple as well.
• Ghost Venerable Senluo attacked, but Xiao Yan confronted him with two Heavenly Demon Puppets while Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran faced Chen Tiannan and Chen Xian.
• Qing Lin distracted Chen Tiannan, allowing Yao Rong to pierce his heart and kill him, while an Earth Demon Puppet drove Chen Xian into retreat.
• Lu Bu caught Yao Hua Xie Jun’s fan blade and punched him, revealing strength far beyond what his apparent Dou Zun rank suggested.
• Lu Bu prepared to strike Yao Hua Xie Jun with a powerful technique, but Hua Jin appeared and blocked his attack, drawing Lu Bu’s attention.

Lu Bu killed Yao Hua Xie Jun with the Heavenly Tier Great Creation Palm while Xiao Yan and the others fought Ghost Venerable Senluo’s side. After Qing Lin ordered Yao Zi to kill Hua Jin, Hua Yu rescued her, revealing herself as the Flower Sect’s sect master.

• Hua Jin tried to win Lu Bu’s favor, and Yao Hua Xie Jun struck her before Lu Bu pulled her away and challenged him.
• Lu Bu countered Yao Hua Xie Jun’s Great Gale with the Great Creation Palm, while Xiao Yan fused four Heavenly Flames and attacked Ghost Venerable Senluo.
• Yao Hua Xie Jun used the Heavenly Nether Method to form a giant Dou Qi figure, but Lu Bu’s Great Creation Palm cut it apart and consumed Yao Hua Xie Jun’s body and soul.
• Qing Lin ordered Yao Zi to kill Hua Jin, but Lu Bu moved away from Hua Jin, and Yao Zi attacked her.
• Hua Yu appeared and rescued Hua Jin from Yao Zi’s jaws, identifying herself as the Flower Sect’s sect master.

Lu Bu killed Ghost Venerable Senluo and left the Flower Sect crisis behind, while Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion resolved to rally allies against Yao Chen. As Lu Bu prepared to ignore Yao Chen’s banquet and continue dual cultivation with Xiao Yi Xian, Hei Qing urgently told him that Zi Yan was in trouble.

• Hua Yu agreed to seal Hua Jin inside the Flower Sect for at least ten years, and Xiao Yan’s fused Heavenly Flame erupted on the battlefield.
• Lu Bu killed Ghost Venerable Senluo before Xiao Yan could finish him, then departed with Qing Lin as Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Nalan Yanran.
• Two spies reported the deaths to Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion, who ordered a search for their missing Third Brother and planned to provoke a war between Tian Ming Sect and Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen felt an unexplained chill at Starfall Pavilion, then went with Wind Venerable to meet Xiao Yan after the invitations to his Half-Saint celebration had been sent.
• Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian discussed skipping Yao Chen’s banquet, but Hei Qing contacted Lu Bu and told him that Zi Yan was in trouble.

Lu Bu and the women traveled with Hei Qing to Dragon Island after learning that Zi Yan had become trapped inside a crystal while absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Lu Bu and Yun Yun began melting the crystal with Heavenly Flames as the others secured the site, leaving Zi Yan’s rescue underway.

• Hei Qing arrived at Lu Bu’s manor and explained that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit had solidified around Zi Yan after she tried to absorb its energy.
• Lu Bu and the women followed Hei Qing through a spatial passage to Dragon Island, where Zhu Li asked Lu Bu to use Heavenly Flames to melt the crystal.
• Zhu Li offered to take Qing Lin to the Dragon Graveyard to suppress the Ancient Heavenly Snake soul inside her, and Hei Qing agreed to escort her.
• Lu Bu found Zi Yan trapped inside a violet-gold crystal on an altar and assigned Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to guard the volcano.
• Lu Bu and Yun Yun unleashed their Heavenly Flames on the crystal to begin freeing Zi Yan.

Zhu Li and the elders prepared East Dragon Island to protect Zi Yan while Lu Bu and Yun Yun used three Heavenly Flames to melt the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s crystal. After half a month, the rival Dragon Islands launched an assault, and Xia Ao reached the volcanic altar as Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian moved to face him.

• Zhu Li and Qi You praised Lu Bu for helping restore the Dragon Emperor Bloodline and learned that the Second Elder had summoned powerful seniors back from the void.
• Lu Bu released nearly a hundred Grade 8 Pills to restore Yun Yun’s strength, while he absorbed energy leaking from the melting Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• After half a month of refining, Xuan Mo and West Dragon Island attacked East Dragon Island, and Man Yan and Qing Yan joined the assault.
• Xia Ao struck Hei Qing down and advanced toward Zi Yan, but Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian appeared to confront him.

Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian fought Xia Ao to protect Zi Yan’s awakening, but the Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun overwhelmed them and nearly killed them. Lu Bu arrived in time to stop their sacrifice and faced Xia Ao in Azure Dragon Armor.

• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xia Ao with the Heavenly Demon Puppets while Lu Bu and Yun Yun continued absorbing energy at the volcanic altar.
• Medusa wounded Xia Ao with a powerful sword strike, and Xiao Yi Xian poisoned him with Imperial Python Heart-Corroding Poison, but he crippled her and destroyed the strongest puppet.
• Xia Ao suppressed the poison, smashed the Heavenly Demon Puppet, and brought down a massive dragon claw toward Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Lu Bu, and Yun Yun.
• Lu Bu sent a Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to remain beside Yun Yun and rushed to save Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian as they prepared to self-detonate.
• Lu Bu appeared beside the two women, calmed their chaotic Dou Qi, and summoned Azure Dragon Armor to confront Xia Ao.

Lu Bu awakened his dragon armor and fought Xia Ao in a fierce battle, but Zi Yan emerged as a fully matured Dragon Emperor and seized control of the fight. Zhu Tao arrived and greeted Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor, leaving the East Dragon Island conflict poised to turn in her favor.

• Lu Bu manifested purple-gold dragon armor, bone wings, and five Purple-Gold Dragon Marks before facing Xia Ao outside the volcanic altar.
• Lu Bu used his speed and Devouring Armor to injure Xia Ao, then exchanged blows with him while battles continued across East Dragon Island.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to intervene as Xia Ao struck Lu Bu hard enough to crack his dragon armor.
• Zi Yan emerged in a purple-gold battle dress, revealed her fully matured Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and overpowered Xia Ao.
• Zi Yan seized Xia Ao by the neck, and Zhu Tao appeared, bowed, and greeted her as His Majesty the Dragon Emperor.

Zi Yan crushed the rebellion on East Dragon Island and took charge of the Ancient Void Dragons, while Lu Bu awakened with greatly increased power. After he joined Zi Yan’s elders, he proposed using news that the Old Dragon Emperor was trapped in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to summon the clan’s secluded elders back.

• Zi Yan killed Xia Ao and made the dragons of the three islands surrender, while Zhu Tao helped capture Xuan Mo and enforce her orders.
• Zi Yan ordered Zhu Tao to punish the captured dragons and left with Lu Bu, while Zhu Gang and Zhu Tao discussed the Ancient Void Dragon elders secluded in the void.
• Lu Bu awakened as a Nine-star Dou Zun, protected the manor with barriers, and went with Zhu Li to meet Zi Yan and the elders.
• Lu Bu proposed telling the secluded elders that the Old Dragon Emperor was trapped in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and that the clan planned to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade to rescue him.
• Zi Yan approved Lu Bu’s plan and ordered Zhu Tao to send the messages, despite Zhu Gang’s worry that the elders would retaliate when they learned they had been lured back.

Zi Yan assigned the Ancient Dragon Clan to destroy the Three Great Dragon Islands and left to spend time with Lu Bu, who then accompanied Zhu Gang to investigate disturbances at the Void Thunder Pool. There, they encountered Thunder Clan members Mang Tianchi and Lei Chen, and Lu Bu’s gifts of Grade 8 Pills turned the confrontation into a favor.

• Zi Yan declared that she would personally deal with the three Dragon Kings and spent time with Lu Bu, explaining that she was helping him oppose the Ancient Clan and Hun Clan.
• Zhu Gang reported unusual activity at the Void Thunder Pool, and Lu Bu agreed to accompany him so he could use its lightning to cultivate.
• Lu Bu and Zhu Gang found Mang Tianchi and Lei Chen enduring the pool’s lightning, and Zhu Gang seized them after the lightning abruptly froze.
• Zhu Gang warned the two Thunder Clan members not to disturb the pool again and struck them, while Lu Bu gave them two Grade 8 Pills.
• Mang Tianchi and Lei Chen thanked Lu Bu and departed, leaving Zhu Gang to praise his handling of the encounter.

Lu Bu returned from the Void Thunder Pool stronger and reunited with Qing Lin, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa before heading back to Sacred Pill City. There, Gu Yao and Yang Hao told him the Ancient Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony would take place next month, and Lu Bu proposed they spar.

• Lu Bu tempered himself in the Void Thunder Pool, advanced to a One-Revolution Dou Zun, and repaired and strengthened his Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Zhu Gang brought Lu Bu back to East Dragon Island, where Zhu Xuan praised him and took Zhu Gang away for a private talk.
• Lu Bu reunited with Qing Lin and Yun Yun, while Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian broke through to seven-star Dou Zun.
• Lu Bu and the four women returned to Sacred Pill City with Hei Qing, where Dan Tower experts watched their arrival.
• Gu Yao and Yang Hao told Lu Bu that the Ancient Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony would be held next month, and Lu Bu challenged them to spar.

Lu Bu beat Gu Yao and Yang Hao, learned that the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony was a month away, and agreed to attend while demanding two Heaven Tomb slots. After discussing Xiao Yan’s unusual clan mark and uncertain strength, Lu Bu prepared to contact Zhu Tao for support before traveling to the Ancient Clan with Qing Lin.

• Lu Bu beat Gu Yao and Yang Hao, who had come to announce the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony one month later.
• Gu Yao asked about Xiao Yan, and Lu Bu revealed that Xiao Yan had activated his clan mark and had a Half-Saint alchemist helping him improve his strength.
• Lu Bu agreed to attend the ceremony and demanded two slots to enter the Heaven Tomb, while Gu Yao told him to make the request to the elders himself.
• After Gu Yao and Yang Hao left, Lu Bu found Xiao Yi Xian occupied with Qing Lin and Medusa in seclusion, then returned to cultivate.
• Medusa, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian decided not to attend the ceremony, leaving Lu Bu and Qing Lin to go together.
• Lu Bu took out a Spatial Jade Slip to contact Senior Zhu Tao for support before visiting the Ancient Clan.

Lu Bu traveled to the Ancient Clan with Qing Lin and the Ancient Void Dragons Zhu Xuan and Zhu Gang, where his status as Black Annihilation Army Grand Commander won him a warm reception. Xiao Yan also arrived at Ancient Sacred City with Yao Chen and the Wind Venerable, and the chapter ended as Ling Quan challenged him at the city gate.

• Zhu Xuan and the battered Zhu Gang arrived at Lu Bu Manor in place of Zhu Tao, and they agreed to escort Lu Bu and Qing Lin to the Ancient Clan.
• Zhu Gang transformed into his dragon form and carried the group through space toward Ancient Sacred City, while the Pill Tower's First Elder briefly appeared to greet Zhu Xuan.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and the Wind Venerable reached Ancient Stone Square and flew toward Ancient Sacred City, where Zhu Gang's arrival alarmed the city's defenders.
• Lu Bu presented his Black Annihilation Army credentials to Gu Shao, introduced Qing Lin to Ling Quan, and entered the city with Zhu Xuan and Zhu Gang.
• Ling Quan suddenly recognized Xiao Yan and challenged him, while Xiao Yan wondered why the Ancient Clan had treated Lu Bu so differently.

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Clan and learned that its younger generation resented him because Xiao Xun'er had revealed their relationship. While Lu Bu socialized with the Black Annihilation Army and Thunder Clan visitors, Xiao Yan was called to fight Third Commander Lin Xiu in the arena.

• Ling Quan confronted Xiao Yan at the Ancient Clan’s gates, and Xiao Yan struck him with a jade invitation before Yao Chen intervened and Ling Quan apologized.
• Xiao Yan discovered that his estate stood opposite Lu Bu’s luxurious residence and asked Lu Bu why the Ancient Clan’s younger generation targeted him.
• Lu Bu explained that Xiao Xun’er had publicly revealed her relationship with Xiao Yan, then refused to name the Black Annihilation Army members he should watch out for.
• Lu Bu and Qing Lin visited the arena, where Ling Quan, Gu Luan, Shen Song, and Yang Hao greeted them, and Lei Chen thanked Lu Bu for saving his life.
• The arena announced a sparring match between Third Commander Lin Xiu and Xiao Yan, who resolved to fight back against the Black Annihilation Army.

Lu Bu discussed the Ancient Dragon Clan with the commanders before watching Xiao Yan face Lin Xiu in the arena. Xiao Yan matched Lin Xiu’s Emperor Seal Art and then activated the Xiao Clan’s clan mark, raising his strength to rival Lin Xiu’s.

• Lei Chen recounted his encounter with a powerful Ancient Void Dragon, and Lu Bu revealed that the Ancient Dragon Clan had a late-stage Nine-star Dou Sheng and a new Dragon Emperor he knew personally.
• The commanders gathered at the window when Lin Xiu and Xiao Yan were announced as the next sparring opponents, and they debated Xiao Yan’s cultivation and strength.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Xiu exchanged rapid attacks, with Xiao Yan matching Lin Xiu’s speed and fighting him on equal terms.
• Lin Xiu used the Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea-Flipping Seal, but Xiao Yan copied his Emperor Seal Art and matched his attacks with the same technique.
• Lu Bu revealed that Xiao Xun’er had given the Emperor Seal Art to both him and Xiao Yan, leaving Gu Luan curious about Lu Bu’s connection to her.
• Xiao Yan activated the Xiao Clan’s clan mark and raised his strength to match Lin Xiu’s Six-star Dou Zun level.

After Xiao Yan defeated Lin Xiu with fused Heavenly Flames, Lu Bu’s strength and connection to the Ancient Dragon Clan unsettled the Ancient Clan elders as they debated Heaven Tomb entry. Xiao Xun'er asked Lu Bu to stay out of Xiao Yan and Gu Yao’s dispute, and he agreed in exchange for her help securing him a Heaven Tomb slot.

• Xiao Yan defeated Lin Xiu with a fusion of Heavenly Flames, then faced Lu Bu’s overwhelming aura when Yang Hao tried to challenge him.
• Lu Bu returned to his estate with Qing Lin, who questioned why he had told Gu Luan about the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Gu Shao, Gu Nan Hai, Tong Xuan, Gu Yao, Gu Zhen, and Gu Luan discussed Lu Bu’s ties to the Ancient Dragon Clan and whether to grant him Heaven Tomb slots.
• Lu Bu explained the Heaven Tomb to Qing Lin and said he would beat the Ancient Clan if they refused him entry.
• Xiao Xun'er visited Lu Bu and asked him not to interfere in the conflict between Xiao Yan and Gu Yao.
• Lu Bu agreed to stay out of the dispute if Xiao Xun'er helped him secure a Heaven Tomb slot, then warned her not to break their deal.