Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated the Six-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion, lost most of his belongings in the blast, and recovered Giant Sun Venerable’s hidden treasures. Meanwhile, Lin Ran returned to Central Continent and learned of the Flower Sect and Heavenly Nether Sect alliance before Zhu Li warned that Zi Yan faced the danger of having her bloodline stolen.

• Xiao Yan and the Six-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion collided in a massive explosion that killed the beast and knocked Xiao Yan unconscious.
• Lin Ran destroyed Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, took its contents including the Netherworld Lotus Flame Fragment Map, and left Xiao Yan with only his Black Demon Cauldron and Black Heavy Ruler.
• Giant Sun Venerable guided Xiao Yan to a blood pool in the cave, where he recovered several Earth Tier Dou Skills and the Soul Nourishing Art.
• Lin Ran and Yao Chen returned to Central Continent and learned that Hua Jin had allied the Flower Sect with the Heavenly Nether Sect; Feng Xian worried about the threat to Starfall Pavilion.
• Zhu Li discovered that Lin Ran had reached Half-Saint and learned that Zi Yan had absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then warned that her bloodline might be stolen.

Lin Ran and Zhu Li traveled to Ancient Dragon Island as the Three Dragon Kings’ forces attacked East Dragon Island and captured its warriors. Lin Ran arrived just as Elder Qian Xuan was about to kill Qi Shen, and asked Zhu Li whether he could strike the traitor dead.

• Zhu Li explained that the Three Dragon Islands had united against Zi Yan, and Lin Ran decided to go to Ancient Dragon Island with him rather than seek outside help.
• Qi Shen and the East Dragon Island patrol encountered forces from the three Dragon Islands, led by the Half-Saints Qian Xuan and a red-faced elder.
• The two elders defeated Qi Shen and captured the East Dragon Island warriors, while Qi Shen refused to submit and defended Zi Yan’s authority.
• Qian Xuan seized the badly injured Qi Shen and prepared to kill him, but a calm, unseen figure placed a hand on Qian Xuan’s head.
• Lin Ran asked Zhu Li if he could slap Qian Xuan to death, and Zhu Li told him to kill the traitor.

Lin Ran rescued Qi Shen, revealed his overwhelming strength and royal bloodline, and returned with Zhu Li to East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan welcomed him as the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s prince. As the clan prepared for war against the Three Dragon Kings, Lin Ran proposed striking first and claimed he could hold back two islands himself.

• Lin Ran forced Elder Qian Xuan to release Qi Shen, then used his bloodline pressure and soul power to defeat and bind two Half-Saint Ancient Void Dragons.
• Zhu Li, Qi Shen, and Lin Ran returned to East Dragon Island and found its defenses mobilized for war.
• Zi Yan greeted Lin Ran in the Dragon Hall, and Elder Qing Shan recognized him as the clan’s prince and asked how he would defeat their enemies.
• Lin Ran proposed attacking the Three Dragon Islands separately before their forces could unite.
• When Qing Mu said East Dragon Island lacked the strength to attack all three islands at once, Lin Ran offered to hold back two of them himself.

Lin Ran revealed his plans to help Zi Yan defend East Dragon Island, but the Three Dragon Kings arrived and attacked them. He used his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul to injure them, then shattered a jade slip and unleashed a force with the strength of a high-tier Dou Sheng.

• Lin Ran told Zi Yan he could use the Black Mist Army and Sacred Sect to stop one Dragon Island, and enlist the Sky Demon Phoenix with Ninth-Rank Pills to stop another.
• The North Dragon King, West Dragon King, and South Dragon King appeared, challenged Zi Yan's rule, and prepared to capture her as the Three Dragon Islands attacked.
• Zi Yan ordered the elders to defend the island while Lin Ran stayed behind to hold off the Three Dragon Kings for ten minutes.
• Lin Ran used Joyful Zen Enchanting Sound Wave with Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul strength, leaving the West Dragon King and South Dragon King injured.
• Lin Ran shattered a jade slip, sealing the surrounding space and releasing a Dou Qi presence that shocked the Three Dragon Kings with its high-tier Dou Sheng strength.

Lin Ran and Zi Yan defeated the Three Dragon Kings on East Dragon Island, and Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword to establish her authority as Dragon Emperor. Lin Ran exposed and destroyed North Dragon King's hidden soul, leaving the Ancient Void Dragons to submit to Zi Yan.

• Lin Ran used a high-level Dou Qi finger strike to kill West Dragon King and South Dragon King, while North Dragon King survived by shielding himself with them.
• Lin Ran fought North Dragon King in close combat, enduring heavy injuries and overpowering him with his reinforced physique.
• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and severed a large portion of North Dragon King's body, revealing her authority as the true Dragon Emperor.
• Elder Qing Shan called on the three islands to submit, and many Ancient Void Dragons knelt to Zi Yan as the tide of battle turned.
• Lin Ran used his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul to uncover and crush North Dragon King's hidden soul, killing him.

After the Three Dragon Kings fell, Zi Yan united the four Dragon Islands while Lin Ran refined the North Dragon King's body into a puppet. Lin Ran emerged from seclusion with North King, a three-star Dou Saint Corpse Soul Puppet, at his command.

• Lin Ran encouraged Zi Yan to restore the Ancient Void Dragon clan and took the North Dragon King's corpse to make a puppet.
• Under Zi Yan's authority, the four Dragon Islands joined together as one Ancient Dragon Island.
• Lin Ran spent half a month tempering the North Dragon King's body, but the North Dragon King revived and attacked him.
• Lin Ran used his soul power to suppress the North Dragon King, refined his remnant soul, and combined it with the body and Magic Core to create North King.
• North King retained three-star Dou Saint strength and pledged himself to Lin Ran, who then emerged from seclusion and went with Qi Shen to see the united island.

Lin Ran returned to Dragon Island, presented Zi Yan with the North King, and then went back to Starfall Pavilion to prepare for the Space Trading Convention. After failing to refine a Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill, he traveled with Cai Lin and Yao Chen to the convention, where they entered through a space wormhole.

• Lin Ran surveyed the reunified Dragon Island and met Zi Yan in the Dragon Emperor Hall, where he showed her the North King and reassured her about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s future.
• Lin Ran refused Zi Yan’s offer to bring the clan into his conflict with Soul Hall and returned to Starfall Pavilion.
• Lin Ran and Yao Chen failed to refine the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill because they lacked Yellow Springs Blood Crystal and Lin Ran was too cautious with the rare ingredients.
• Lin Ran set out with Cai Lin and Yao Chen for the Space Trading Convention, intending to seek the remaining map fragment and a Nine-Colored Raw Stone.
• Lin Ran’s group reached the desert venue and entered the Space Wormhole as the Space Trading Convention began.

Lin Ran bought a Nine-Colored Raw Stone for Cai Lin at the Space Trading Convention, then entered the Ancient Treasure Pavilion for its auction. As Old Man Baoshan began the auction, Lin Ran discussed the Sacred Sect's prospects for taking over the convention and its plans to deal with the Flower Sect and Heavenly Nether Sect.

• Lin Ran, Cai Lin, and Yao Chen entered the Space Trading Convention, where Lin Ran encouraged Cai Lin to buy whatever she wanted.
• Cai Lin stopped at a Seven-Colored Raw Stone, and Lin Ran bought it for two eighth-rank pills with Three-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Cai Lin used her blood to reveal an eighth color, and Lin Ran infused the stone with Dou Qi to expose its hidden ninth color.
• Lin Ran led Cai Lin and Yao Chen into the Ancient Treasure Pavilion, where they donned black cloaks and joined the auction.
• Lin Ran asked Yao Chen whether the Sacred Sect could take over the convention and said he planned to deal with the Flower Sect and Heavenly Nether Sect first.
• Old Man Baoshan began the auction and presented the Demon Phoenix Wings of a Sky Demon Phoenix.

Lin Ran competed for the Demonic Flame Remnant Map at the auction, drawing the attention of a Soul Hall Dou Saint after offering an Eighth-Rank Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. Old Man Baoshan awarded the map to the Soul Hall Dou Saint after he pressured its owner with an offer of three favors.

• Lin Ran exchanged an Eighth-Rank Pill with Six-Colored Pill Lightning for the Adamantine Glazed Body and later bought several other items, including gifts for Yun Yun and the others.
• Old Man Baoshan presented the Demonic Flame Remnant Map and explained its connection to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, prompting fierce bidding.
• Lin Ran outbid the other auction attendees, but a black-robed Soul Hall Dou Saint entered the contest and revealed his strength.
• Lin Ran exposed his identity and offered an Eighth-Rank Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, challenging the Soul Hall Dou Saint to bid higher.
• The Soul Hall Dou Saint offered the map's owner three favors, and Old Man Baoshan sent the Demonic Flame Remnant Map to him.

Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, while Lin Ran revealed he possessed a Bodhi Seed. After the convention, Lin Ran and North King ambushed a Soul Hall Dou Sheng to claim the Netherworld Lotus Flame Fragment Map, leaving Lin Ran with the enemy’s captured soul.

• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, stirring the experts at the convention.
• Lin Ran told Yao Chen that he was close to becoming a Dou Sheng and had a Bodhi Seed in his Storage Ring.
• Lin Ran tracked the Soul Clan Dou Sheng after the convention and confronted him for the fragment map, while Yao Chen and Cai Lin sealed off the surrounding space.
• North King shattered the Soul Hall Dou Sheng’s attacks and wounded him, revealing himself as a three-star Dou Sheng Ancient Void Dragon.
• Lin Ran sealed the fleeing Soul Hall Dou Sheng inside the surrounding space and captured his soul with his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul force.

Lin Ran defeated a Soul Hall Dou Saint, claimed the fourth Netherworld Lotus Flame fragment map, and learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge in three years. As Central Continent erupted over the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance, Lin Ran entered seclusion to break through to Dou Saint before pursuing it.

• Lin Ran captured the Soul Hall Dou Saint, took his Storage Ring and resources, and had North King capture four peak Dou Venerates and a Half-Saint who had followed them.
• Lin Ran assembled the four fragment maps and burned them with the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame, revealing that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend in three years.
• The map’s demonic lotus pattern entered Lin Ran’s brow, and he identified the remnant soul within as the Netherworld Lotus Saint, who could help protect him from becoming the flame’s slave.
• Lin Ran returned to Starfall Pavilion with Yao Chen and Cai Lin, then entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough before the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared.
• After Central Continent’s forces began preparing for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, a clear aura spread from the northeast and showed people an image of the ancient tree, triggering upheaval across the continent.

Lin Ran broke through to one-star Dou Sheng, demonstrated the power of his Adamantine Glazed Body, and traveled to the Vast Desolate Ancient Region to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree. There, he reunited with Feng Qing'er and encountered Xun Er, who remained unbothered by his closeness to his disciple.

• Lin Ran transformed into a ninety-nine-foot golden giant, confirmed his breakthrough to one-star Dou Sheng, and left Starfall Pavilion for the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• Lin Ran used a Bodhi Seed to sense the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s direction and killed the Flower Sect and Heavenly Nether Sect party with a single attack.
• Lin Ran reached the Ancient Domain Stage and reunited with Feng Qing'er, who had advanced to nine-star Dou Zun after absorbing the Ancient Sky Phoenix’s power.
• Lin Ran gave Feng Qing'er pills to help complete her evolution, while Xun Er told Gu Qingyang she was already used to Lin Ran’s behavior.

Lin Ran reunited with Xun Er and Feng Qing'er in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, where Hun Yu organized the gathered factions into an alliance to break through the beast tide and reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree. As the charge began, Lin Ran revealed a terrifying aura and wings that the Sky Demon Phoenix members recognized as the Dragon Phoenix Body.

• Lin Ran greeted Xun Er and gave her a coming-of-age gift, and she told him that she had obtained a divine-grade bloodline.
• Xun Er and Gu Qingyang warned Lin Ran about Hun Yu, a powerful Soul Clan heir who proposed uniting the factions to cross the beast tide.
• Lin Ran said his strength exceeded that of a high-level Half-Saint and told his companions to stay close to him.
• Hun Yu led the alliance toward the beast tide and launched an arrow-shaped formation into the mass of ferocious beasts.
• Lin Ran spread bone wings and unleashed a terrifying aura, prompting the Sky Demon Phoenix clan members to identify his form as the Dragon Phoenix Body.

Lin Ran’s group crossed the beast tide ahead of Hun Yu’s, who used other cultivators as cannon fodder to escape. At the Bodhi Ancient Tree, they discovered its Bodhi Heart and faced five Half-Saint puppets as more groups arrived.

• Lin Ran revealed his Dragon Phoenix Body and led his group safely through the ferocious beasts, while Hun Yu’s group struggled through the tide.
• Hun Yu and several allied groups escaped over the crowd, leaving more than a hundred people to be overwhelmed by beasts.
• Lin Ran’s group broke through the tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree before Hun Yu’s group.
• Xun Er sensed a hidden gray aura within the tree, and Lin Ran spotted the Bodhi Heart behind its trunk.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent down five Half-Saint puppets, and Hun Yu revealed that one was an ancestor of his clan.
• More groups arrived and confronted the five puppets, leaving everyone uncertain what to do.

Lin Ran entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and discovered that a Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted it and created the Half-Saint puppets outside. The tree asked him to remove its evil consciousness, offering him more than twenty powerful Bodhi Seeds in return.

• Lin Ran proposed that the groups divide the five Half-Saint puppets, then destroyed one with a single palm strike and pretended he had exhausted his Dou Qi.
• Lin Ran slipped away from the battle and entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where his powerful soul shattered its illusion.
• Lin Ran witnessed the image of a black-robed Dou Di fighting the Bodhi Ancient Tree and learned that the Dou Di’s lingering negative emotions had gradually corrupted the tree and its puppets.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked Lin Ran to disperse its evil consciousness, and Lin Ran agreed to help in exchange for a reward.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree produced more than twenty high-quality Bodhi Seeds for Lin Ran.

Lin Ran refined the Bodhi Seeds to heal the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which rewarded him with abundant energy before drawing him into its trunk for enlightenment. As the others entered the tree’s space, Hun Yu attacked Lin Ran but was repelled by the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Xun Er and the others held back to avoid disturbing his meditation.

• Lin Ran refined the Bodhi Seeds, removing the black mist from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and receiving pure energy that restored and increased his Dou Qi capacity.
• After the final black mist vanished, the Bodhi Ancient Tree pulled Lin Ran into its trunk, where he entered a meditative state.
• The Half-Saint puppets shattered, and Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, Hun Yu, Feng Qing'er, and the others entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space.
• Xun Er recognized Lin Ran’s state as enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree, while Hun Yu regretted not summoning reinforcements and resolved to kill Lin Ran.
• Hun Yu and the Soul Hall experts struck the tree to awaken Lin Ran, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree repelled them and sent them flying, injured.
• Xun Er and Feng Qing'er prepared to retaliate, but Gu Qingyang stopped them to keep Lin Ran from being disturbed.

After awakening from a hundred reincarnation trials within the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Lin Ran collected its Bodhi Seeds and shared some with his allies and neutral experts. He left Hun Yu with no room to threaten him, crushed him to death, and turned on the Soul Hall experts who attacked.

• Hun Yu and his group remained trapped in the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s sealed space while Lin Ran sat motionless inside it for more than a month.
• Lin Ran awoke with an ancient, weary gaze, then stepped out of the tree and revealed to himself that he had endured a hundred cycles of reincarnation.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, and Lin Ran gathered them all before giving some to Xun Er, Feng Qing'er, Gu Qingyang, Nine Phoenix, and the neutral experts.
• Hun Yu demanded that Lin Ran give five Bodhi Seeds to the Soul Clan, but Lin Ran appeared beside him and crushed him, body and soul.
• Soul Hall experts charged at Lin Ran and tried to use jade slips to call for help, but Lin Ran began grinding them into pulp.

Lin Ran left the Bodhi Ancient Tree with its Bodhi Heart and seeds, then returned to Starfall Pavilion and successfully became a Ninth-grade Alchemist. He gave Yao Chen a Bodhi Pill that could help him reach the Dou Saint realm.

• Lin Ran killed the Soul Hall experts, including Hun Yu, and made the others promise to keep what happened inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree a secret before its space collapsed.
• Lin Ran and the others emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which sank underground; Lin Ran secretly kept the Bodhi Heart and left with Xun Er, Feng Qing'er, and the others.
• Lin Ran returned to Starfall Pavilion and began refining pills, drawing Yao Chen and the others' attention with a massive surge of energy.
• Lin Ran endured three days of pill lightning and refined a Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill, becoming a Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Lin Ran gave Yao Chen a Bodhi Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, saying it could help him break through to the Dou Saint realm.

While Lin Ran spent two years in seclusion absorbing the Bodhi Heart, Yao Chen and Venerable Feng strengthened Starfall Pavilion, and the Spirit Clan mysteriously vanished, raising suspicions among the Ancient Clans. Lin Ran remained inside as Starfall Pavilion continued to grow and Cai Lin reached peak Dou Venerate.

• Ye complained about handling sect affairs while Yao Chen and Feng Xian were in seclusion, then chose to stabilize his Ninth-grade Alchemist realm before absorbing the Bodhi Heart.
• Yao Chen used the Bodhi Pill to break through to Dou Saint in one month, and Lin Ran entered seclusion after handing Starfall Pavilion over to him.
• Lin Ran remained sealed away for two years while Yao Chen and Venerable Feng expanded Starfall Pavilion and Yao Chen advanced to Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Experts discovered the Spirit Realm empty and the Spirit Clan missing, prompting speculation that the Ancient Clan or Soul Clan had taken its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xun Er repeatedly visited Starfall Pavilion but found Lin Ran still in seclusion as the Ancient Clans grew wary of one another.
• Cai Lin reached peak Dou Venerate, and Starfall Pavilion's strength continued to rise while Lin Ran remained inside the mountain.

Feng Xian recruited the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley into an alliance with Starfall Pavilion against the Soul Hall, while Yao Chen argued that the Pill Tower was also needed. As the sect began planning its next move, Lin Ran’s terrifying aura stirred in his sealed chamber, and Cai Lin arrived, delighted that he was about to emerge from seclusion.

• Feng Xian persuaded Yao Chen to use his reputation and alchemy to recruit powerful Central Continent forces into the Sacred Sect.
• The Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders chose to ally with Starfall Pavilion and fight the Soul Hall, despite concerns about the danger.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to Blazing Flame Valley’s alliance after learning Yao Chen could treat his hidden bodily danger, and he looked forward to showing his strength again.
• Feng Xian learned that both sects had agreed, while Yao Chen insisted they still needed the Pill Tower’s full cooperation to contend with the Soul Hall.
• Lin Ran’s aura shook Starfall Pavilion as he stirred in seclusion, and Cai Lin arrived, saying he was finally about to emerge.