Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran prepared Starfall Pavilion for the opening of the ancient ruins, refining two Dou Zun-level Corpse Soul Puppets and assigning them to protect Venerable Iron Sword’s team. When the spatial seal finally weakened enough for entry, Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan led one team toward the ruins while Iron Sword led the other.

• Lin Ran dismissed Mu Qingluan’s concerns about the Heavenly Nether Sect and learned from Venerable Iron Sword about the dangers and weakening seal around the ancient ruins.
• Lin Ran sensed three peak Dou Zuns from the Netherworld Python Clan and considered how their clan and the ruins’ treasures could benefit him and Cai Lin.
• Over the following days, the seal weakened as experts gathered in the Bone Mountain Range, and Lin Ran refined two Heavenly Nether Sect corpses into three-star Dou Zun Corpse Soul Puppets.
• As the ruins opened, Lin Ran gave Iron Sword control of the puppets and a Golden Token to summon him if needed.
• Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan headed toward the ruins while Iron Sword led the Starfall Pavilion disciples after them.

Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan entered the crimson hall in the Bone Sea, bypassing deadly traps as they searched for the Dou Sheng ruins’ inheritance. They reached a plaza where Netherworld Pythons waited before ten silver puppets and a sealed stone door, and Mu Qingluan began to suspect the puppets were more dangerous than they appeared.

• Lin Ran protected Mu Qingluan from the spatial storm that swept away the first people rushing into the Bone Sea, then led her to the crimson great hall.
• Feng Qing'er watched Lin Ran arrive with Mu Qingluan, while the white-haired man beside her questioned Lin Ran’s reported strength.
• When the hall’s stone doors opened, Lin Ran used Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame to shield himself and Mu Qingluan from the fiery passage’s traps.
• Lin Ran carried Mu Qingluan through the magma beneath the passage, revealing it as the true route to the plaza.
• Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan found Netherworld Pythons waiting before ten silver puppets and a heavy stone door, and Mu Qingluan asked whether the puppets concealed a threat.

Lin Ran entered the ancient ruins with Mu Qingluan, took control of ten Earthly Demon Puppets, and searched for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. He opened a Beast Spirit Cover with his purple-gold blood and found the legendary fruit growing atop an altar.

• Lin Ran used his soul power to claim the ten Earthly Demon Puppets while the Netherworld Pythons watched, then entered the ruins with Mu Qingluan as the stone gate opened.
• Lin Ran sensed the ruins’ layout and led Mu Qingluan to a hidden medicinal forest, passing over its valuable herbs as he searched for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lin Ran followed his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline sense toward a clearing, where his dragon might frightened Mu Qingluan and the nearby magical beasts fell silent.
• Lin Ran opened the Beast Spirit Cover with his purple-gold blood, surprising Mu Qingluan, and led her inside to a crimson plain and ancient altar.
• Lin Ran approached the altar and found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing from a small sapling on its stone platform.

Lin Ran claimed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Ancient beast remains, then joined the gathered factions at the ruins’ main hall. As the experts waited around the sealed treasures, Soul Hall arrived.

• Lin Ran used his blood essence to claim the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and stored it in his body without absorbing it.
• Lin Ran collected the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Sky Phoenix remains, then helped Mu Qingluan gather medicinal herbs throughout the Ancient Forest.
• Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan reached the main hall, where powerful factions had gathered around sealed light spheres, a Dou Sheng skeleton, and a group of Dou Zun puppets.
• Lin Ran reunited with Starfall Pavilion and told its members to avoid fighting over the hall’s treasures, saying the Sacred Sect already had plenty of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Soul Hall arrived at the main hall, and Lin Ran’s expression turned cold.

Lin Ran confronted the Soul Hall Third Heavenly Venerable, then turned to the awakened Human Puppets as the ruin’s sealed Heaven Tier Dou Techniques were released. He seized control of two Human Puppets, protected Starfall Pavilion and helped Tang Zhen, while the Soul Hall closed in on the Dou Saint skeleton.

• The Soul Hall Third Heavenly Venerable arrived and challenged Lin Ran, but their clash ended in a temporary ceasefire.
• The seals on the ten scrolls broke, releasing Heaven Tier Dou Techniques as the stone-carved puppets awakened and attacked the experts.
• Lin Ran ordered Starfall Pavilion’s people to retreat, erased a Human Puppet’s soul imprint, and sent it to guard them.
• Lin Ran blocked another Human Puppet from attacking Tang Zhen, directed him toward a fire-attributed light cluster, and took control of the puppet.
• Lin Ran noticed the Third Heavenly Venerable and the Soul Hall experts encircling the Dou Saint skeleton.

Lin Ran discovered that the Dou Sheng Skeleton was absorbing blood to revive itself, then helped awaken it while delaying the Third Heavenly Venerable. As the skeleton threatened the survivors, Lin Ran gave Feng Qing'er an Ancient Sky Phoenix skeleton and offered the Netherworld Python group a solution to their bloodline concerns.

• Lin Ran noticed that the Dou Sheng Skeleton was absorbing the life force of the dead and called Feng Qing'er to stay by his side.
• The Third Heavenly Venerable tried to seize the skeleton, but his blood fell onto it and helped awaken it; Lin Ran slowed his escape with a palm strike.
• The awakened skeleton unleashed a roar that killed at least a hundred people, then rose from the blood mist and warned that intruders would die.
• Most survivors fled, leaving Lin Ran, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, the Netherworld Python, and Soul Hall in the hall.
• Lin Ran presented Feng Qing'er with an Ancient Sky Phoenix skeleton, thrilling her and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Ran told the Netherworld Python group he could help with their bloodline concerns, and they asked if his claim was true.

Lin Ran manipulated the Sky Demon Phoenixes and Netherworld Pythons into joining the fight against the Dou Sheng Skeleton, then confronted it with his own Heaven Tier Dou Technique. The two Heaven Tier attacks collided, and Lin Ran appeared before the skeleton as the others fled.

• Lin Ran promised the Netherworld Python Clan a way to address its bloodline problems after presenting an Ancient Sky Phoenix corpse to the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The Third Heavenly Venerable fought the Dou Sheng Skeleton while Lin Ran urged the clans to destroy the formations supporting it, but neither clan acted at first.
• Lin Ran struck the Third Heavenly Venerable with the Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm and claimed it was an accident; the wounded man was then killed by the skeleton, and Lin Ran collected his corpse.
• Lin Ran called on the Sky Demon Phoenixes and Netherworld Pythons to attack the skeleton, and their combined blows weakened its blood-red aura.
• The skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm as Lin Ran formed his own Heaven Tier palm technique, and the two attacks collided while Lin Ran appeared before the skeleton.

Lin Ran claimed the relic’s treasures, strengthened his ties with the magical beast clans, and returned to Starfall Pavilion with his group unharmed. He handed Yao Chen a huge haul of medicinal ingredients, proposed entering the Pill Assembly, and secluded himself to turn his gains into strength.

• Lin Ran realized the Dou Sheng Skeleton’s remnant soul had become a relic defense, then seized the formation and its remaining power for himself.
• The Great Sun Nirvana Palm and Great Heaven Creation Palm destroyed the hall, and the gathered experts returned to find Lin Ran standing alone above the crater.
• Lin Ran parted on friendly terms with the Sky Demon Phoenix and Netherworld Python clans, giving the Netherworld Python leader a jade bottle and inviting him to Starfall Pavilion.
• Lin Ran led the Starfall Pavilion group out of the Beast Region and returned home with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, rare medicinal ingredients, Third Heavenly Venerable’s corpse, and the Dou Sheng Skeleton.
• Yao Chen told Lin Ran that the Pill Tower wanted him to join its Elder Council and provide rewards for the next Pill Assembly; Lin Ran agreed and proposed competing to win the championship himself.
• Lin Ran gave Yao Chen half of his medicinal ingredients, instructed him and Feng Xian to handle Pavilion affairs, and entered seclusion to advance his cultivation.

Lin Ran refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and a Dou Sheng Skeleton together in seclusion, while Yao Xiaotian awakened the Ancient Sky Serpent bloodline after taking a gift from Lin Ran. Yao Xiaotian recognized Lin Ran as a friend of the Netherworld Python tribe and ordered his people to go to Starfall Pavilion.

• Lin Ran began absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, using the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame to temper its violent power as his body started to crystallize.
• Lin Ran brought out the Dou Sheng Skeleton, removed its ribs concealing the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and began tempering the skeleton alongside the fruit’s power.
• Yao Chen sensed the intense heat leaking from Lin Ran’s secret chamber and reinforced its barriers to protect Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Xiaotian drank the contents of a jade bottle from Ming Hui, endured intense pain, and briefly manifested the phantom of the Ancient Sky Serpent.
• Ming Hui explained that Lin Ran had given him the bottle and had also given an Ancient Sky Phoenix skeleton to the Sky Demon Phoenixes.
• Yao Xiaotian declared Lin Ran a friend of the Netherworld Python tribe and ordered his people to set out for Starfall Pavilion.

The Lion Nether Sect attacked the Heavenly Snake Empire while its Mansion Master was absent, and Eighth Heavenly Venerable Qiu Di helped the invaders shatter the Heavenly Snake Formation. Qing Lin arrived to defend the Heavenly Snake Mansion, but Qiu Di recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and broke her first attack, leaving her injured.

• Shi Tian led the Lion Nether Sect’s assault on Myriad Snake Fortress while the Mansion Master was missing, and Green Yun ordered the defenders to resist.
• Eighth Heavenly Venerable Qiu Di froze and empowered the enemy’s energy beast, which destroyed the Heavenly Snake Formation and left the defenders vulnerable.
• Shi Tian’s forces pressed their attack, and Qiu Di watched as fallen fighters’ souls were drawn into the earth for the Soul Hall.
• Qing Lin appeared and used Soul Seizure to stiffen Shi Tian, but Qiu Di struck him and revealed the significance of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qiu Di confronted Qing Lin and shattered her Demonic Eye Body Control with a soul shock, causing her to spit blood.

Green Yi, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Saint Rain Sect forces arrived at Heavenly Snake Mansion to rescue Qing Lin and repel the Lion Nether Sect and Soul Hall. Human Puppet devoured Qiu Di, grew stronger, and Green Yi ordered the sect-protecting puppets to eliminate the remaining invaders.

• Qiu Di nearly captured Qing Lin, but a black-robed figure intervened, knocked him away, and killed a Dou Zun attacker.
• Green Yi and Xiao Yi Xian arrived with a powerful force of sect-protecting puppets, and Green Yi revealed the Saint Jade Token.
• Qiu Di recognized the Saint Rain Sect and called three Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates to join the fight.
• Human Puppet overwhelmed the four Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates, devoured Qiu Di’s blood essence and soul, and advanced to peak six-revolution Dou Zun.
• Green Yi ordered the sect-protecting puppets to eliminate all the invaders.

After the Heavenly Snake Mansion survived the war, Qing Lin accepted her responsibility as the empire’s Holy Maiden, while Green Yi discussed her ties to the Saint Rain Sect with Grand Elder Green Yun. Nearly a year later, Lin Ran emerged from seclusion at Starfall Pavilion with astonishing powers and a stabilized peak first-turn Dou Zun cultivation.

• With the Lion Nether Sect defeated, Qing Lin explained how her Teacher sacrificed her cultivation to seal the Ancient Sky Serpent’s power inside her, and Green Yun urged her to lead the Heavenly Snake Empire.
• Qing Lin promised Green Yun that the Heavenly Snake Empire would not fall, and Green Yi said she would support the Heavenly Snake Mansion as a member of the Saint Rain Sect and their former ally.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Chen and Feng Xian worried that Lin Ran’s long seclusion left them exposed to pressure from the Soul Hall and visits from the Netherworld Python and Sky Demon Phoenix clans.
• A surge from Lin Ran’s cultivation chamber forced Yao Chen to strengthen its spatial seal as Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame burned through the chamber.
• Lin Ran emerged with black hair, violet-red eyes, and signs of Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Sky Phoenix power, while his aura stabilized at peak first-turn Dou Zun.

Lin Ran emerged from seclusion at the peak of the First-Change Dou Zun and learned how the Saint Rain Sect and its allies had grown while he was away. Zi Yan arrived with Xiong Zhan, and Lin Ran prepared to discuss the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and her help absorbing its power.

• Lin Ran revealed that his breakthrough was only the beginning, since he had absorbed less than a tenth of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit's power.
• Yao Chen told Lin Ran that Soul Hall had backed the Lion Nether Sect's conquest of the Northwest Continent, but Green Yi defeated Qiu Di and saved the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Lin Ran read that Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin had joined the Holy Federation, and learned that Qing Lin had inherited the former Heavenly Snake Mansion master's cultivation.
• Lin Ran declined the Pill Tower's Pill Assembly invitation and learned that Han Feng had shifted his attention from pill refinement to magical beast essence blood.
• Zi Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion with Xiong Zhan and complained that Zhu Li had kept her confined and made her drink unpleasant things.

Lin Ran took Zi Yan to the Sacred Domain and prepared her to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, hoping to strengthen her so she could reunify the Ancient Void Dragons. As the power began merging into Zi Yan, Zhu Li learned that she was with Lin Ran in the Northwest Continent and chose to let her rest for a few days.

• Lin Ran brought Zi Yan from Starfall Pavilion to the Northwest Continent and told Yao Chen to say they had gone there to relax.
• Lin Ran and Zi Yan arrived at the Sacred Domain, where Yun Yun prepared supplies before Lin Ran sealed and divided the domain.
• Lin Ran revealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and explained that he had brought Zi Yan there to absorb it and restore her strength.
• Zi Yan began absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit as Lin Ran enveloped them both in the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame.
• Zhu Li learned from Yao Chen that Lin Ran had taken Zi Yan to the Northwest Continent and decided to let her relax for a few days.

While Lin Ran struggled to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy for Zi Yan in the Northwest Continent, she transformed and confessed that she liked him. Meanwhile, the Soul Clan investigated Lin Ran and ordered Hun Miesheng to begin targeting Starfall Pavilion.

• Zhu Li confronted Yao Xiaotian at Starfall Pavilion and agreed to tell Lin Ran about the Netherworld Python clan’s request when he returned from Ancient Dragon Island.
• Lin Ran intensified the tempering of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy and consumed pills to sustain himself as Zi Yan absorbed it over the course of a month.
• Zi Yan emerged transformed with violet-gold wings and embraced Lin Ran, telling him that she liked him.
• The Soul Clan learned of Lin Ran’s strength, Heavenly Flame, and connection to Starfall Pavilion, then ordered Hun Miesheng to start its attack there.

Soul Hall attacked Starfall Pavilion to seize Lin Ran, and Yao Chen and the pavilion’s forces fought back against Hun Chi and his Dou Venerables. As Yao Chen gained the upper hand, Saint Hun Qing appeared and revealed himself as Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerable, leaving Starfall Pavilion facing a Dou Saint.

• Hun Chi led nearly a hundred Soul Hall experts, including eighteen Dou Venerables and a Half-Saint, to surround Starfall Pavilion and demand Lin Ran.
• Yao Chen and Feng Xian revealed the attackers to the pavilion’s defenders, and the guest elders vowed to fight rather than abandon their home.
• Hun Chi shattered the Starfall Grand Array and ordered Soul Hall to attack, beginning a battle between the two sides’ Dou Venerables.
• Starfall Pavilion’s Dou Venerables and puppets fought Soul Hall’s forces while Yao Chen battled Hun Chi, whose soul armor initially appeared to give him the advantage.
• Yao Chen damaged Hun Chi’s soul armor and countered his attack with Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame, but an unknown figure emerged from a spatial rift and extinguished the flame.
• Saint Hun Qing identified himself as Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerable and a Dou Saint, terrifying everyone at Starfall Pavilion.

Saint Hun Qing arrived to help Soul Hall overwhelm Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Chen fought him with Lin Ran’s Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame sub-flames. As Yao Chen prepared to self-destruct, Lin Ran returned and stopped the attack, leaving Soul Hall stunned that he was only a Half-Saint.

• Saint Hun Qing appeared on the battlefield, and he and Hun Chi recognized the threat posed by Starfall Pavilion’s many Dou Venerate puppets and fighters.
• Yao Chen used the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame sub-flames buried beneath Starfall Pavilion to strengthen his attacks against Saint Hun Qing.
• Saint Hun Qing countered with Black Soul Fire and defeated Yao Chen’s flame attacks, severely injuring him.
• Yao Chen told Feng Xian to open the passage to the Star Realm and prepared to self-destruct so the others could retreat.
• Lin Ran placed a hand on Yao Chen’s shoulder, calmed his surging Dou Qi, and destroyed Saint Hun Qing’s Ten Thousand Soul Fire Palm with a matching palm strike.
• Starfall Pavilion’s fighters rejoiced at Lin Ran’s return, while Hun Chi and the Soul Hall experts were shocked that he was only a Half-Saint.

Lin Ran returned to Starfall Pavilion as a Half-Saint and turned the tide against the Soul Hall, using his puppets and overwhelming strength to attack the One-Star Dou Saint Hun Qing. After Lin Ran forced Hun Qing to unleash a powerful counterattack, Hun Chi fled through torn space while Yao Chen tried to stabilize the battlefield.

• Lin Ran arrived with the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame, revealed his Half-Saint strength, and told Yao Chen and the elders to rest.
• Lin Ran summoned more than twenty Dou Zun puppets and ordered them to fight the Soul Hall forces.
• Saint Hun Qing attacked Lin Ran with the Ten Thousand Soul Fire Palm, but Lin Ran blocked it without moving or suffering harm.
• Lin Ran struck Hun Qing with the Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm, then boosted his strength to the first level of Dou Saint and savagely overwhelmed him.
• Hun Qing broke free and clashed with Lin Ran's Great Sun Nirvana Palm, creating a massive energy storm that sent Yao Chen and Hun Chi flying.
• Yao Chen tried to stabilize the space as Hun Chi tore open a passage and fled.

Lin Ran defeated Soul Hall’s invasion of Starfall Pavilion and discussed how to counter Soul Hall’s growing threat. He learned that Xiao Yan held two remnant maps connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and decided to help his fellow countryman while keeping him away from Central Continent for now.

• Lin Ran crushed Saint Hun Qing’s soul, ordered the Soul Hall Dou Zun preserved as puppet materials, and directed Starfall Pavilion’s people to treat the injured and clean up.
• Yao Chen and Feng Xian discussed building alliances against Soul Hall, and Lin Ran agreed to let Feng Xian handle the effort while asking about the Sky Demon Phoenix and Netherworld Python.
• Yao Chen told Lin Ran that a remnant map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would be auctioned at the Space Trading Convention, and Lin Ran learned that Xiao Yan already possessed two such maps.
• Lin Ran revealed that Xiao Yan had reached the peak of the Dou Huang realm, become a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and acquired two Heavenly Flames that fused into the Myriad Dragon Wind Flame.
• Yao Chen asked to bring Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion, but Lin Ran said it would endanger him and leave him out of place; he promised to welcome Xiao Yan once he was strong enough to reach Central Continent.
• Lin Ran decided to compensate Xiao Yan with Earth-class Dou Skills, a Dou Zong puppet, and Sect Breaking Pills while preparing to acquire Xiao Yan’s remnant maps.

Xiao Yan tried to fuse three Heavenly Flames and, with Giant Sun Venerable’s guidance, sought a hidden treasure site in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. He was left battling a Seventh-tier Six-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion as Lin Ran and Yao Chen watched, while Xiao Yan prepared to unleash the explosive power of his three-flame fusion.

• Xiao Yan failed to fuse the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Fire until Giant Sun Venerable suggested using soul power and told him about the Soul Nourishing Art hidden at a nearby treasure site.
• Xiao Yan entered the Monster Beast Mountain Range’s depths and discovered a Six-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion guarding the area where Giant Sun Venerable had buried treasures.
• Xiao Yan fought the Seventh-tier monster beast with his Black Heavy Ruler and the fused Myriad Dragon Wind Flame, but his attacks barely harmed it.
• Lin Ran and Yao Chen watched from the void as Lin Ran explained that he was guiding Xiao Yan because the Soul Hall would threaten the Xiao Clan remnant if Xiao Yan grew unchecked.
• With Giant Sun Venerable’s soul power assisting him, Xiao Yan began fusing three Heavenly Flames to unleash their combined energy against the scorpion.