Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan’s group discovered that the Soul Hall had marked the fierce beasts that attacked Phoenix’s party, they continued deeper into the Barbaric Ancient Region. At the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the masked Soul Clan Chief killed Hun Feng for questioning her plans, leaving the Soul Clan elders afraid to speak.

• Jiu Feng awoke, agreed to give up the Bodhi Ancient Tree opportunity, and accepted that he would help Xiao Yan pursue it.
• Yao Chen found Soul Marks on the fierce beasts and identified the Soul Hall’s method, leading Phoenix to suspect that the Soul Hall had entered the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• Xiao Yan’s group decided to head deeper into the region to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The masked Soul Clan Chief met with Hun Duan and other Soul Hall forces beside the Bodhi Ancient Tree and asked about their preparations.
• Hun Feng questioned why the Soul Clan Chief was scheming against their enemies, and she ordered that he be replaced before killing him instantly.

Xiao Yan learned that he was descended from the Xiao Clan and that Zi Yan might be Zhu Kun’s daughter, then chose to help the Nine Nether Nether Pythons trapped by a Beast Tide. As Yao Xiaotian prepared to abandon his people, Xiao Yan’s group arrived to intervene.

• Phoenix told Xiao Yan that Hun Tiandi was the Soul Clan Chief and that Hun Tiandi had led the attack that killed Xiao Xuan, revealing Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan ancestry.
• Phoenix said Zhu Kun might have been stronger than Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan, and suspected Zi Yan was his daughter; Xiao Yan resolved to ask Su Qian about Zi Yan’s past.
• Yao Tianhuo spotted Yao Xiaotian and the Nine Nether Nether Pythons surrounded by a Beast Tide, and Xiao Yan decided to help after Cai Lin said Yao Tianhuo could handle the beasts.
• Yao Xiaotian struggled to hold off the Beast Tide and considered escaping while leaving his subordinates behind.
• As Yao Xiaotian prepared to flee, Xiao Yan’s voice rang out with the words, “Myriad Rounds of Leaving Fire Method!”

Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo helped Yao Xiaotian’s group defeat a beast tide and agreed to travel together toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After leading them into a forest, Yao Xiaotian revealed that he had deceived them and vanished with his subordinates, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo trapped in the illusion realm.

• Yao Tianhuo incinerated the beast tide with her flame beasts, and Yao Xiaotian thanked her and learned that she and Xiao Yan sought the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Yao Xiaotian offered to guide Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo to the tree in exchange for their help, while claiming he wanted only Bodhi Seeds and would consider joining the Tianhe Alliance.
• Cai Lin, Yao Chen, and the others followed Xiao Yan’s group from a distance as Yao Xiaotian led them toward a vast forest.
• Yao Xiaotian explained that the forest was an illusion realm created by the Bodhi Ancient Tree and claimed that his Bodhi Seed could guide him out.
• Yao Xiaotian revealed his betrayal and vanished with his subordinates; Yao Tianhuo’s attack struck only his fading image, leaving her and Xiao Yan trapped.

Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo became trapped in an illusion created by the Bodhi Ancient Tree and faced a horde of powerful tree demons. Outside, Yao Chen and the others discovered the illusion, but Yao Xiaotian escaped their confrontation by sacrificing his subordinates in a series of explosions.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo realized they were trapped in an illusion, and Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame failed to burn away the forest.
• Several powerful Humanoid Tree Demons emerged, so Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo prepared to fight them.
• Cai Lin, Yao Chen, and the others identified the illusion after Jiu Feng was burned by Xiao Yan's flame.
• Yao Xiaotian's group emerged from the illusion, and Yao Chen and the others confronted them as Yao Xiaotian's Bodhi Seed pointed toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Yao Xiaotian hurled his subordinates at his pursuers and caused them to self-destruct, while Phoenix shielded the others from the blasts.
• The explosions left a massive abyss, and Yao Xiaotian disappeared.

Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo discovered that the puppets trapping them in the Illusion Realm endlessly regenerated, so Xiao Yan found a hidden vortex inside a tree trunk and led them through it. They emerged in a peaceful grassland, where they realized the overwhelming resentment had vanished and began to suspect something was still wrong.

• Yao Xiaotian escaped by using a subordinate as a disposable pawn, and Yao Chen chose to focus on rescuing Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo fought powerful puppets that regenerated after being destroyed, while Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Bodies to distract them.
• Xiao Yan noticed the puppets emerged from tree trunks and found a purple vortex containing intense resentment inside one of them.
• Xiao Yan entered the vortex and called for Yao Tianhuo, who followed after deciding she could not keep fighting the puppets.
• Yao Tianhuo found Xiao Yan on a grassland, and they noticed the resentment had disappeared from their new surroundings.

Yao Xiaotian reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but Yun Ying stopped him and sent him through a Teleportation Gate. He emerged in the Nine Nether Nether Python Region above a field of dead clan members.

• Yao Xiaotian followed his Bodhi Seed to a clearing guarded by Soul Hall members and attacked them, wounding Hun Qing.
• Yao Xiaotian broke the concealment barrier and revealed the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Yun Ying and her powerful subordinates were waiting.
• Hun Qing apologized to Yun Ying for failing to protect the barrier, but Yun Ying forgave her and ordered her to rise.
• Yun Ying destroyed one of Yao Xiaotian’s arms, then opened a Teleportation Gate and told him he could return to his clan’s region.
• Yao Xiaotian entered the gate and arrived in the Nine Nether Nether Python Region, where the corpses of his clan members covered the ground.

Nalan Yanran went to Nine Nether Island to clear up the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s misunderstanding about the Tian Ming Sect’s Storage Ring, but the clan attacked her and she killed its two elders. After Yao Xiaotian struck her down, Nalan Yanran awakened a savage power, unleashed the Great Creation Palm, regenerated her destroyed hand, and prepared to strike again.

• Nalan Yanran tried to explain that she had not taken the Tian Ming Sect’s Storage Ring, but the Nine Nether Nether Pythons attacked her and she killed Yao Changlin and Yao Changsheng while badly injured.
• Yao Xiaotian returned to Nine Nether Island, learned that Nalan Yanran had killed the two elders, and attacked her despite her explanation.
• Yao Xiaotian’s blow knocked Nalan Yanran unconscious, but she quickly recovered and unleashed a terrifying, beastlike aura.
• Nalan Yanran attacked Yao Xiaotian with her Scarlet Sword and used the Great Creation Palm to crush his Nine Nether Sky-Rending Fang, destroying her own hand in the process.
• Nalan Yanran regrew her hand and began gathering the Great Creation Palm’s power again as Yao Xiaotian stared in shock.

Nalan Yanran rampaged through the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s Holy Land, overwhelming Yao Xiaotian and Yao Kui despite her severe injuries. Yao Kui struck her down, but she revived before he could finish her, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Yao Xiaotian crashed into Nine Nether Yellow Spring’s cavern and ordered Yao Kui to release Yao Ming because Nalan Yanran was too powerful to face alone.
• Yao Kui blocked Nalan Yanran’s Scarlet Sword, then dodged her Heaven-Splitting strike, which obliterated a vast section of the cavern.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Great Creation Palm, collapsing the Holy Land, while Qing Lin and Lv Man watched in terror from outside.
• Yao Kui used an afterimage to evade Nalan Yanran’s sword and struck her with Nine Nether Sky Serpent Palm, leaving her apparently lifeless against the wall.
• Yao Xiaotian warned Yao Kui to kill Nalan Yanran quickly, but she revived and roared as Yao Kui rushed to attack her.

Nalan Yanran, overwhelmed by Mad Blood Disease, killed Yao Kui and continued attacking until he died, while Yao Ming escaped from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring. After Yao Ming declared that he would capture her, Nalan Yanran struck him down before he could finish speaking.

• Nalan Yanran savagely attacked Yao Kui, severed his arm, and cut his body in two with Heaven-Splitting.
• Nalan Yanran repeatedly struck Yao Kui with Great Creation Palm until his life force vanished and he died.
• Yao Ming broke free from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring after its chains shattered and confronted Yao Xiaotian, his younger brother who had imprisoned him.
• Yao Xiaotian told Yao Ming that Nalan Yanran had killed Yao Kui and endangered the clan, and Yao Ming decided to deal with her.
• Yao Ming threatened to kill Nalan Yanran, but she appeared before him and struck him with the Scarlet Sword.

Nalan Yanran defeated Yao Ming and recovered her sanity, while Qing Lin refined Yao Xiaotian into her subordinate. After learning of the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, Nalan Yanran began studying it as Qing Lin and Lv Man settled at the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.

• Nalan Yanran split Yao Ming in two, leaving Yao Xiaotian terrified and without any means to fight back.
• Qing Lin took advantage of Yao Xiaotian's shattered state and refined him into her subordinate.
• Nalan Yanran regained her sanity, learned that Qing Lin had claimed Yao Xiaotian, and asked him about the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan's sacred artifacts.
• Yao Xiaotian revealed the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, and Nalan Yanran went with Qing Lin and Lv Man to find it.
• Nalan Yanran began meditating before the tablet while Qing Lin and Lv Man left with Yao Xiaotian, who calmed the clan and declared the summit and Nine Nether Yellow Spring forbidden grounds.
• Qing Lin and Lv Man stayed at the Nine Nether Yellow Spring to cultivate, while Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo continued wandering the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Illusion Realm.

Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo discovered that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s peaceful Soul Space concealed the resentment of two ancient Dou Di Remnant Souls. The Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed their tragic past and asked Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo to destroy them, believing it was time to free them.

• Xiao Yan found that the stream concealed the Soul Space’s resentment and spread its water across the grassland, revealing Zhong Meng and Liu Di fighting beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree shielded Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo from the fighters’ shockwaves and introduced himself as the master of the Soul Space.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that Zhong Meng and Liu Di were once loving spouses and his friends, but Liu Di sought the tree’s power for revenge after his clan was slaughtered, so Zhong Meng fought to stop him.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree said he had gathered their Remnant Souls in hopes of reconciling them, but they had fought with hatred for thousands of years.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo to destroy the Remnant Souls, concluding that it was time to let Zhong Meng and Liu Di be free.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree empowered Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo to confront Zhong Meng and Liu Di, two ancient Remnant Souls locked in a millennia-long battle. When Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo tried to help Zhong Meng defeat Liu Di, the estranged spouses joined forces against them instead.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo to help release Zhong Meng and Liu Di, explaining that its own power was tainted and it could barely contain them.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree raised Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo to Supreme Expert strength and promised Xiao Yan the Bodhi Three Treasures if they helped the couple find release.
• Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yan approached Zhong Meng and Liu Di, but Liu Di attacked Xiao Yan before he could explain their purpose, and Zhong Meng shielded them.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo decided to help Zhong Meng defeat Liu Di, but Zhong Meng blasted Yao Tianhuo away when their attack threatened her husband.
• Zhong Meng and Liu Di set aside their quarrel and turned on Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo, accusing them of interfering in their personal affairs.

Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo fought Liu Di and Zhong Meng after realizing the pair would defend each other despite their feud. As the battle exposed the Remnant Souls’ confusion about their past, Yao Tianhuo told them they had both been dead for a long time.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that Liu Di and Zhong Meng still cared for each other, so Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo abandoned their plan and fought them head-on.
• Xiao Yan clashed with Liu Di but was repeatedly outmatched by his combat experience, while Yao Tianhuo pressed Zhong Meng with her Myriad Rounds of Leaving Fire Method.
• Liu Di briefly wondered why he and Zhong Meng were fighting and where they were, but his confusion faded when Xiao Yan attacked.
• Yao Tianhuo trapped Zhong Meng among her Flame Beasts and explained that Zhong Meng could not kill her without destroying them all.
• Zhong Meng accused Yao Tianhuo of killing Liu Di’s clansmen, but Liu Di interrupted by blasting Yao Tianhuo’s body apart and helping Zhong Meng escape.
• Yao Tianhuo reappeared as a Flame Beast and told Liu Di and Zhong Meng that they had both been dead for a long time.

Yun Ying entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree to investigate its sudden surge of resentment while Xiao Yan and his companions uncovered the tree’s deception. After the Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed its plan to eradicate humanity and establish a New Order, Xiao Yan rejected its claim to rule over people, and Yao Tianhuo exposed why it had used them to attack Zhong Meng and Liu Di.

• Yun Ying sensed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s ominous resentment and sent her soul inside to investigate.
• Yao Tianhuo told Zhong Meng and Liu Di that they were remnant souls who had perished together, but their recovered memories contradicted her account.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed that it had deceived Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo, then declared its plan to wipe out humanity and establish a peaceful New Order.
• Zhong Meng and Liu Di wavered when the Bodhi Ancient Tree asked for their help, but Xiao Yan refused and explained that no one had the right to demand that all people live according to their wishes.
• Yao Tianhuo deduced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had lent Zhong Meng and Liu Di much of its power to preserve them, and had tried to use Xiao Yan and her to erase their souls and reclaim it.

Zhong Meng and Liu Di refused the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s offer to surrender their power and fought him to stop his New World, but they were quickly overpowered. As the Bodhi Ancient Tree prepared to kill them, the Soul Spirit emerged from confinement and Yun Ying arrived.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered to preserve Zhong Meng and Liu Di’s souls if they returned their power, but they refused and condemned his vision of a world ruled by rigid judgment.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree confined Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yan, then attacked Zhong Meng and Liu Di after they declared they would oppose his New World.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree overwhelmed Zhong Meng and Liu Di, but they rejected his renewed offer to surrender and remained determined to stop him.
• As the Bodhi Ancient Tree prepared to kill Zhong Meng and Liu Di, the Soul Spirit tore free of confinement and appeared beside them.
• Yun Ying descended, removed her mask, and revealed herself to the others.

Yao Chen's group found Xiao Yan unconscious outside the vanished Illusion Realm, with his soul connected to a thread leading toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Inside the Soul Space, Yun Ying and Soul Spirit faced the Bodhi Ancient Tree, whose power quickly forced Soul Spirit to suggest joining forces.

• Yao Chen's group failed to find a way into the Illusion Realm until the Giant Wood Forest appeared and vanished, leaving Xiao Yan unconscious behind.
• Cai Lin rushed to Xiao Yan and held him while Yao Chen discovered his soul was missing and found a thread linking his body to something in the distance.
• Yao Chen told Cai Lin to carry Xiao Yan and led the group toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree, following the soul thread.
• Yun Ying spoke with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, who condemned her and declared he would defeat her and the others.
• Soul Spirit attacked the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Soul Lock, but he shattered it with Soul Shock and sent her back.
• After being stunned by the Bodhi Ancient Tree's strength, Soul Spirit told Yun Ying they needed to join forces with Zhong Meng and Liu Di.

Yao Chen, Cai Lin, and their companions found the Soul Hall guards blocking the hidden entrance to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Xiao Yan’s soul was connected. Cai Lin, Ancestor Huoyun, and Phoenix engaged the Soul Hall fighters, while Yao Chen and the others stayed back with Xiao Yan.

• Yao Chen followed the Soul Thread to an area concealed behind a barrier, and Cai Lin demanded that the Soul Hall guards move aside.
• Hun Duan refused to let them enter, so Cai Lin attacked him and they began fighting.
• Hun Ye confronted Ancestor Huoyun, and the two unleashed powerful Dou Skills against each other.
• Phoenix struck Hun Qing down, then challenged him while Yao Chen retreated and Zi Yun protected Xiao Yan.
• Hun Qing plunged his hand into his chest and activated the Mysterious Yin Secret Technique, Beast Demise.

Hun Qing’s death activated a formation that unleashed a vast horde of fierce beasts, forcing Yao Chen’s group to defend themselves while Phoenix faced the powerful Moon-Tearing Gloom Bear. Phoenix summoned an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix to fight beside her, while Hun Duan’s careless insult left him terrified that the Clan Leader had heard him.

• Phoenix killed Hun Qing, whose corpse activated formations that released hordes of fierce beasts across the battlefield.
• Yao Chen ordered everyone to gather, and Zi Yun transformed into her Dragon-Eating Hou form to protect Xiao Yan while Eagle Phoenix and Kun Huang joined the defense.
• Phoenix fought the Mid Four-star Dou Sheng Moon-Tearing Gloom Bear, whose armor and sudden bursts of speed overwhelmed her.
• Phoenix summoned an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix to aid her, drawing the attention of Hun Duan and the other fighters.
• Cai Lin struck Hun Duan while he was distracted, and Hun Duan froze after insulting women as he feared the Clan Leader had heard him.

Cai Lin defeated Soul Clan Elder Hun Duan and joined the assault on a seemingly unbreakable barrier while the others fought the Soul Clan. Hun Ye consumed black flames to transform himself into a human-shaped blaze with the strength of an early Five-star Dou Sheng.

• Cai Lin summoned a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and used it to help ambush and defeat Hun Duan, whose body the python swallowed.
• Cai Lin struck the barrier repeatedly, but it remained unmarked by her and the python's attacks.
• Phoenix and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix defeated the Moon-Tearing Gloom Bear, while Ancestor Huoyun and Hun Ye fought to a standstill.
• Hun Ye charged toward Cai Lin, but Phoenix and Ancestor Huoyun blocked him and continued their assault.
• Hun Ye swallowed a mass of black flames, which consumed his body and transformed him into a human-shaped blaze with early Five-star Dou Sheng strength.

Yun Ling took over Hun Ye’s body through the black flame and overwhelmed the fighters guarding the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s barrier. Just as she prepared to destroy Cai Lin, Phoenix, and Ancestor Huoyun, a black-robed figure struck her with a lightning attack.

• Yun Ling revealed that she had taken over Hun Ye’s body, incinerated the magical beast tide, and surrounded the barrier with black flames to protect it.
• Yun Ling challenged the fighters, while Yao Chen recognized her flames as Nihility Devouring Flame and sent Zi Yun away with Xiao Yan.
• Phoenix, Cai Lin, and Ancestor Huoyun attacked Yun Ling together, but she burned Phoenix’s Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, repelled Cai Lin and the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and reflected Ancestor Huoyun’s Huoyun Palm back at him.
• Yun Ling gathered a black flame to destroy Cai Lin, Phoenix, and Ancestor Huoyun, but a black-robed figure arrived and struck her with Sky Thunder Roar.