Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu chose the Ancestral Symbol Crystal from a simulation and used pills to pass the Body Tribulation and reach perfected Nine-Revolution Dou Zun. After emerging from seclusion, he agreed to deliver Dragon Island’s first batch of pills next month and take Zi Yan with him to Spirit Treasure Pavilion.

• Lu Yu selected the Ancestral Symbol Crystal, absorbed it, and sensed that it had quietly loosened obstacles on his path without changing his current strength.
• Lu Yu swallowed the Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng Pill, endured three days and nights of physical tempering, and passed the Body Tribulation.
• Lu Yu used the Nine Essences Return to Truth Art and two Heavenly Spirit Pills to advance from peak Dou Zun to perfected Nine-Revolution Dou Zun.
• Elder Zhu Li summoned Lu Yu to the main hall, where Lu Yu accepted Dragon Island’s pill ingredients and promised to deliver the pills next month.
• Zi Yan asked to accompany Lu Yu, and Elder Zhu Li explained that the new Space Passage made the journey easy; Lu Yu agreed to take her to Spirit Treasure Pavilion.

Lu Yu returned to Spirit Treasure Pavilion and received Fenyan Valley’s proposal to trade three eighth-rank fire-attribute Magic Cores, an alliance, and rights to three mineral veins for the Spirit Gathering Array inheritance. After discussing the deal with Little Fairy Doctor, he decided to offer a weakened version of the array while preserving the pavilion’s advantage.

• Lu Yu and Zi Yan returned to Spirit Treasure Pavilion, where Tang Huo'er chased Xiao Yan through a spar after he had accidentally seen her bathing.
• Tang Huo'er presented Fenyan Valley’s offer of three eighth-rank fire-attribute Magic Cores, an alliance, and mining rights to three fire-element mineral veins in exchange for the Spirit Gathering Array inheritance.
• Lu Yu examined Xiao Yan’s improved seventh-tier medicinal formula and approved it, saying it could help Xiao Yan reach Nine-star Dou Huang before attempting to break through to Dou Zong.
• Lu Yu reunited affectionately with Little Fairy Doctor after she delivered thirty portions of Spirit Nurturing Dust from the Dan Family and the Cao Family.
• The next morning, Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor discussed Fenyan Valley’s proposal and settled on offering a Small Spirit Gathering Array with half the original effect in exchange for the three mineral veins.

Lu Yu mastered the Dragon Soaring realm of the Dragon Soaring Technique, gave Cai Lin a cultivation artifact, and prepared to negotiate with major Central Plains powers seeking Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s Spirit Gathering Array inheritance. The negotiations ended with Ice River Valley’s offer rejected and Xuan Yi and Fairy Qing clashing over Yao Chen and their competing offers.

• Lu Yu broke through to the Dragon Soaring realm and realized the Ancestral Symbol Crystal had enhanced his spatial talent.
• Cai Lin reached Nine-star Dou Zong, and Lu Yu gave her a Seven-Orifice Spirit Nurturing Lotus to aid her cultivation.
• Lu Yu collected three drops of Little Cai’s essence blood for a pill to help Cai Lin break through, while Little Fairy Doctor reported that Tang Huo'er and other powers had come to negotiate.
• Lu Yu rejected Ice River Valley’s Calamity Poison Body method because it required children to be tortured and killed, then declined the Alchemy Tower’s Ninth-grade Treasure Pill Alchemist inheritance because he already had one.
• Fairy Qing offered Flower Sect’s Seven-Colored Exquisite Flowers and traded barbs with Xuan Yi, leaving the hall tense as the two women faced off over Yao Chen.

Lu Yu subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, refined its source, and fused it with his other Exotic Flames to strengthen the Pagoda Tower. Little You hatched, helped Lu Yu break through to Half-Saint, then devoured the four Exotic Flames and advanced to Dou Sheng.

• Lu Yu entered the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s soul world, injured its source with the Netherworld Thunder Sound Sword, and sealed it in the Pagoda Tower.
• Lu Yu let the fire egg absorb the giant dragon body while he spent half a month refining the source flame, then fused four Exotic Flames into a Half-Saint-level flame and advanced the Pagoda Tower to a Quasi-Divine Artifact.
• Lu Yu used Elder Zhu Li’s Eighth-grade Dragon Flame Crystal to help the fire egg hatch into a black snake spirit, named Little You, whose newborn cultivation had reached advanced Half-Saint.
• Little You entered Lu Yu’s body and fed him energy, helping him break through to the initial Half-Saint realm.
• Lu Yu used Little You and the four Exotic Flames to temper the Pagoda Tower until it became a Divine Artifact, then allowed Little You to devour the four flames and advance to Dou Sheng.

Lu Yu traded the Heavenly Spirit Pill formula with the Pill Tower for rare ingredients and asked it to secure the Alchemy Tower Ancestor’s help if the Soul Hall attacked. He then began a Northern Cang Spiritual Academy simulation as Ling Xi’s adopted son, which ended with the Martial Ancestor taking the Futu Ancient Clan’s Ancestor Pagoda and Lu Yu choosing a reward.

• Lu Yu revealed his Half-Saint cultivation and offered the Pill Tower the Heavenly Spirit Pill formula in exchange for rare medicinal ingredients and one intervention from the Alchemy Tower Ancestor against the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi agreed to consult the Lesser Pill Tower’s elders about Lu Yu’s request.
• Lu Yu chose the Northern Cang Spiritual Academy student identity and simulated becoming Ling Xi’s adopted son, a gifted spirit-array master, and Mu Chen’s companion.
• Lu Yu’s simulated self helped Mu Chen defeat Dragon Demon Palace threats, received Qing Yan Jing’s inheritance, and later joined Ling Xi and Lin Jing in the Martial Realm.
• After the Futu Ancient Clan captured Ling Xi and attacked Lin Jing, the Martial Ancestor killed the captor and later seized the clan’s Ancestor Pagoda as compensation.
• The simulation ended, and Lu Yu was offered the White Dragon Spiritual Pearl, his Inheritance Jade Slip, or a Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill.

Lu Yu chose the Nine Heavens Thunder Emperor Sword Array inheritance, cultivated the Thunder Emperor Scripture, and secured the Alchemy Tower’s support before refining a Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill. After Xiao Yan asked how to restore Old Man Yao’s Soul Origin, Lu Yu proposed searching ancient ruins for rare soul treasures and began considering a trip to the Beast Domain.

• Lu Yu chose the purple Jade Slip containing the Nine Heavens Thunder Emperor Sword Array and Thunder Emperor Scripture, then advanced his soul realm to peak Early Heaven Realm.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi agreed in principle to seek their Ancestor’s aid for Spirit Treasure Pavilion and gave Lu Yu medicinal materials and a Message Jade Talisman.
• Lu Yu refined a Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill and used Little You to absorb its nine-colored pill lightning in front of the astonished alchemists of Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Yan asked Lu Yu for a way to restore Old Man Yao’s Soul Origin, and Lu Yu named the Soul Infant Fruit and Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma as possible remedies.
• Lu Yu suggested raiding Soul Hall for stored Soul Origins, but Xiao Yan urged caution, so they agreed to search ancient ruins for the rare treasures instead.
• Xiao Yan left to gather information while Lu Yu considered the Soul Infant Fruit’s location in the Beast Domain and the possibility of helping Zi Yan evolve with a Dragon-Phoenix Supreme Pill.

Lu Yu returned to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion as a Half-Saint and met with Mang Tianchi and Gu Yuan to discuss pill trades and academy affairs. Cai Lin survived a Lightning Tribulation and evolved into an Eight-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, but the pill that helped her recover left her suffering an overwhelming medicinal effect.

• Lu Yu returned to Tianmu Mountain as a Half-Saint, gave Venerable Sky Flame a Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill, and learned that envoys from the Lei Clan and Ancient Clan had arrived.
• Lu Yu met Mang Tianchi and Gu Yuan, discussed trading the Heavenly Spirit Pill formula, and promised to send Hu Gan a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Cai Lin triggered a Lightning Tribulation as she broke through, and Lu Yu watched as she endured nine bolts and evolved into an Eight-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Lu Yu carried the injured Cai Lin to the main hall and fed her healing pills, after which she transformed into human form.
• Cai Lin told Lu Yu that she felt unbearably hot, and he realized he had given her too much medicinal power because his improved prescription lacked sufficient testing.

After the Blood Burning Mortal Transformation Pill stirred Cai Lin’s bloodline, Lu Yu used the Great Emperor Internal Scripture to help her subdue its power, and the two grew closer. Three days later, Lu Yu completed his tribulation and Gu Yuan challenged him to test his formations.

• Cai Lin swallowed a Heart-Clearing Pill, but the medicinal power continued to surge, so she agreed to learn Lu Yu’s dual cultivation method and used it with him to stabilize her energy.
• Cai Lin woke the next morning with her cultivation settled at Five-star Dou Zun, but she tried to dismiss what had happened; Lu Yu persuaded her to give him a chance.
• Lu Yu sent Cai Lin out through a side hall before meeting Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Venerable Sky Flame, and the others, then asked them to help find the Soul Infant Fruit and Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma.
• Three days later, Lu Yu endured a nine-colored lightning tribulation, transformed back into human form, and gave Little Fairy Doctor a Netherworld Soul-Erosion Pill.
• Gu Yuan criticized Lu Yu and challenged him to test his formations, and Lu Yu accepted.

Lu Yu fought Gu Yuan in a spar on Tianmu Mountain, using his divine Pagoda Tower and Heaven Burning Li Fire Sword Array to overcome the Ancient Clan elder. Gu Yuan admitted defeat and left, seemingly troubled by the loss.

• Gu Yuan let Lu Yu attack first, then casually broke apart Lu Yu’s Sky Burning Sea Boiling Palm.
• Lu Yu raised his strength with the Spirit Burning Transformation and traded powerful Heavenly Rank techniques with Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan’s Ancient Emperor Sky Shattering Finger struck Lu Yu, but Lu Yu’s Pagoda Tower blocked the attack.
• Lu Yu summoned the Heaven Burning Li Fire Sword Array and pressed Gu Yuan with a torrent of swords.
• Gu Yuan raised his strength and used the Ancient Emperor Seal, but Lu Yu joined the Godfall Sword to the array and forced him to concede defeat.
• Gu Yuan left Tianmu Mountain in a troubled mood as Zi Yan and the others discussed his loss.

Lu Yu prepared to enter a dangerous Dou Sheng ruin in the Bone Mountain Range to find the Soul Infant Fruit for Xiao Yan, while also seeking an opportunity to advance his own array mastery. He set out with Qing Lin, Cai Lin, and Zi Yan, leaving Xiao Yan and Venerable Sky Flame to guard Spirit Treasure Pavilion, and the group arrived in the Beast Domain.

• Lu Yu completed the Five Elements Annihilation Array but failed to fuse it with the Departing Fire Sword Qi Array into a Supreme-grade combined Spirit Array.
• Cai Lin reported that Spirit Treasure Pavilion had sold simplified Small Spirit Gathering Array inheritances to the Central Plains' major forces, while Venerable Sky Flame broke through to the Heaven Realm with help from Lu Yu's Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill.
• Zi Yan brought word that the Soul Infant Fruit had been found in a sealed Dou Sheng ruin in the Bone Mountain Range, and Lu Yu sent the intelligence to Xiao Yan.
• Lu Yu agreed to lead Xiao Yan to the ruin, but Xiao Yan insisted on going; Lu Yu instead selected Qing Lin, Cai Lin, and Zi Yan, while Xiao Yan and Venerable Sky Flame stayed behind.
• Lu Yu explained that Cai Lin and Qing Lin could benefit from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and told Xiao Yan to remain in the pavilion and cultivate.
• Lu Yu, Qing Lin, Cai Lin, and Zi Yan reached the Beast Domain and headed toward the Bone Mountain Range, where Zi Yan hoped to find a chance to evolve her bloodline.

Lu Yu and his companions entered a sealed Dou Sheng ruin in the Bone Mountain Range, where Little You devoured a magma trap to uncover a hidden entrance. After passing the ruin’s puppet guards and following Zi Yan’s treasure-sensing ability, they opened a medicinal storeroom and were met by a burst of dazzling light.

• Lu Yu found and destroyed the seal over the Bone Mountain Range ruins, then used his Five Elements Annihilation Array to quiet the pillar of light before entering with Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan.
• The group reached a crimson hall, where Little You swallowed the blue flames and magma in its entrance passage, exposing a hidden stone plaza.
• Lu Yu sealed away ten Earth Demon Puppets and smashed open the stone door beyond them.
• Lu Yu asked Zi Yan to locate the treasures, and she led the group through the corridors to an ancient door that smelled strongly of medicinal ingredients.
• Lu Yu opened the storeroom door, releasing a dense medicinal fragrance and a dazzling burst of light.

Lu Yu and his companions found a gold-grade Soul Infant Fruit in the ancient medicinal forest and discovered a Beast Spirit Cover concealing the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Sky Phoenix. Inside, Zi Yan recognized a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, but when Lu Yu tried to take it, the beasts’ remnant wills awakened and he destroyed the Ancient Sky Phoenix illusion, leaving the Ancient Void Dragon illusion alone.

• Zi Yan led Lu Yu and the others to a lake, where they found a gold-grade Soul Infant Fruit guarded by a Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon that Little Cai subdued as a follower.
• Lu Yu stored the Soul Infant Demonic Tree and its two fruits in his Pagoda Tower, and Zi Yan sensed a summons from deeper in the forest.
• Zi Yan opened a Beast Spirit Cover with her blood, revealing a crimson plain, an ancient altar, and the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Sky Phoenix.
• Zi Yan identified a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit on the altar and explained that it had formed from the life force of both ancient beasts.
• When Lu Yu moved to take the fruit, the dragon and phoenix remnant wills awakened, and he used black flames to destroy the Ancient Sky Phoenix illusion.

Outside the ruins, the Nine Nether Underworld Python clan and the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan contested ownership while their Dou Sheng experts were summoned. Inside, Lu Yu and his companions collected rare materials and treasures, then set out for the main hall.

• Experts from across the Beast Domain gathered outside the ruins, where the Nine Nether Underworld Python clan claimed the site and a Sky Demon Phoenix expert challenged its claim.
• Zi Yan soothed the Ancient Void Dragon’s lingering will until it dispersed, and Lu Yu stored the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and its tree in the Pagoda Tower.
• Lu Yu refined the ancient dragon and phoenix skeletons with his strange flame, extracting a drop of Ninth-tier essence blood from each for practicing the Dragon-Phoenix Supreme Pill.
• Lu Yu gave Zi Yan, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin spatial Jade Slips and sent them to explore separate passages while he searched another area.
• The group reunited with ores, Dou Technique scrolls, a Pill Beast Qing Lin had found, and a map of the ruins, then followed Lu Yu toward the main hall.

Lu Yu and his companions uncovered a Dou Sheng’s Ancient Human Puppet method, marrow-gel granules, and the Heavenly Rank Great Creation Palm before leaving the ruins and facing rival clans outside. A Nine Nether Underworld Python grand elder and a Sky Demon Phoenix Dou Sheng arrived, escalating the confrontation around Lu Yu and Zi Yan.

• Lu Yu opened the sealed light clusters in the main hall and found Earth-tier treasures and the Ancient Human Puppet refinement method.
• Lu Yu extracted marrow-gel granules and three ribs engraved with the low-tier Heavenly Rank Great Creation Palm from the Dou Sheng’s skeleton.
• Lu Yu and the women left the ruins and encountered the Nine Nether Underworld Python and Sky Demon Phoenix clans arguing over the territory.
• Zi Yan declared herself a Great Void Dragon, and the Nine Nether Underworld Python grand elder appeared to challenge her claim.
• Lu Yu shielded Zi Yan with a sword formation, identified himself as the Spirit Treasure Pavilion Master, and prepared to leave.
• A Sky Demon Phoenix Dou Sheng named Ming Huang arrived and attacked Lu Yu with a black-flame phoenix phantom.

Lu Yu defeated Kun Huang, the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan’s Supreme Elder, and forced him to pay for the right to claim the Bone Mountain Range ruins. He then compelled the Nine Nether Underworld Python clan to let him enter its sacred ground, the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, and learned that Cai Lin’s bloodline might connect to the legendary Sky Swallowing Python.

• Lu Yu repelled Kun Huang and held a dark-flame sword to his neck until Kun Huang surrendered Phoenix Wings Sky Soar, three Phoenix Blood Lingzhi, and a wisp of Life-bound Phoenix Flame.
• The Nine Nether Underworld Python grand elder slapped a subordinate who had challenged Lu Yu, then agreed to let Lu Yu use the clan’s sacred ground.
• Lu Yu collected Kun Huang’s offerings and demanded immediate access to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, which the grand elder reluctantly granted.
• Several days later, Lu Yu and his group descended into the Nine Nether Abyss and saw the clan’s vast underground settlements and thinning bloodlines.
• The grand elder sensed a connection between Cai Lin’s bloodline and the legendary Sky Swallowing Python, one of the ancient royal snake-type bloodlines.

Lu Yu brought Cai Lin and the others to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring so she could evolve her bloodline, then found and captured the imprisoned Yao Ming. He sealed Yao Ming’s soul in the Pagoda Tower to refine him into a puppet.

• The grand elder recognized Cai Lin’s Eight-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline and led the group to the tribe’s sacred Nine Nether Yellow Spring.
• Lu Yu shielded everyone from the abyss’s freezing astral wind, then entered the lake alone after Little Cai swam in and Cai Lin prepared to follow.
• Lu Yu destroyed a swarm of strange snakes in the lake and discovered Yao Ming chained at the bottom.
• Yao Ming pretended to seek help, then attacked Lu Yu with a powerful water arrow, but Lu Yu shattered it and extracted his soul.
• Lu Yu rejected Yao Ming’s offer to serve him and sealed the Two-star Dou Sheng’s soul inside the Pagoda Tower to make him a puppet.

Lu Yu refined Yao Ming into an Ancient Human Puppet to guard the Nine Nether Yellow Spring while Cai Lin and Qing Lin entered seclusion and Zi Yan went exploring. He then began a simulation as an Endless Fire Domain disciple, rose to co-champion of its grand competition, and ended with a choice of rewards.

• Lu Yu refined Yao Ming's body and purified soul into an early Two-star Dou Sheng Ancient Human Puppet, then ordered it to guard the Yellow Spring.
• Cai Lin and Qing Lin entered the Yellow Spring to cultivate, while Zi Yan left to explore the underground world.
• Lu Yu chose the Endless Fire Domain disciple identity for his simulation and entered the Heaven-tier Academy, where Xiao Lin became his mentor.
• The simulated Lu Yu advanced in cultivation and alchemy, learned spirit arrays, and tied with Gu Ling'er to become co-champion of the Inner Region Grand Competition.
• The simulated Lu Yu received the Flame Emperor's Edict, reached Supreme Stage, forged the Sword Sun Undying Body, and created several Great Divine Arts.
• The simulation ended, offering Lu Yu the Flame Emperor's Edict, a Supreme-grade Living Flame, or his Inheritance Jade Slip.

Lu Yu chose Living Flame, refined it, and broke through to Dou Sheng, gaining the power to fuse three saint-level Strange Fires into a devastating sword. A new simulation offered him three identities, and he favored becoming a disciple of the Endless Fire Domain.

• Lu Yu chose Living Flame over the Flame Emperor's Edict and the Inheritance Jade Slip, then kept Little You from devouring it so he could use it to nurture medicinal herbs.
• Lu Yu refined Living Flame over a month beside the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, healing hidden injuries and strengthening his meridians and dantian.
• Lu Yu broke through to Dou Sheng and named the flame formed from three Exotic Flames the Nether Flame.
• The Futu Flame appeared, and Lu Yu fused his three Dou Sheng-level Strange Fires into the Great Luo Heavenly Flame Sword, whose power could slay a low-level Dou Sheng.
• Lu Yu drew a new simulation and considered identities as the Young Master of Great Compassion Heaven, the Third Young Master of Profound Heaven Hall, or a disciple of the Endless Fire Domain, which he preferred.

Lu Yu entered the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python inheritance nest and helped restore the wits of Mo You, a Five-star Dou Sheng remnant soul. Cai Lin received the clan’s core inheritance and the ancestors’ Seven-Colored Origin Qi, and the group left the Nine Nether Yellow Spring with Mo You residing in Lu Yu’s Pagoda Tower.

• Lu Yu found Cai Lin, Little Cai, and Qing Lin receiving power from ancient Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python remnant souls in an underground nest.
• The remnant souls attacked Lu Yu until Cai Lin and Qing Lin explained that he was their friend and protector.
• Lu Yu used Soul Infant Fruits and other soul-nourishing medicine to restore Mo You’s clarity, and Mo You agreed to pass the clan’s inheritance to Cai Lin.
• Mo You gave Cai Lin three Heaven Tier techniques, then refined the other remnant souls into Seven-Colored Origin Qi and sealed it within her.
• Mo You agreed to travel with Lu Yu and entered the Pagoda Tower, and the group departed the nest with Little Cai.
• Lu Yu recalled his Two-star Dou Sheng puppet and summoned Zi Yan, then the group set off toward Tianmu Mountain.

Lu Yu and his companions returned to Tianmu Mountain with the treasures and inheritance they had gained from the Ancient Ruins. After distributing a Soul Infant Fruit and puppets, he reunited with Little Fairy Doctor, who voiced her suspicions about Cai Lin’s feelings for him.

• The grand elder of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan saw Lu Yu off and hurried to reinforce the barrier hiding the prisoner beneath the abyss.
• Lu Yu returned to Tianmu Mountain with his companions, carrying the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, the Soul Infant Demonic Tree, and Mo You, while Cai Lin and Qing Lin entered seclusion to stabilize their realms.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Yan a Gold-grade Soul Infant Fruit to repair Old Man Yao’s Soul Origin and invited him to watch a Ninth-grade Pill being refined.
• Lu Yu let Xiao Yan choose a defensive Dou Zun Ancient Human Puppet, assigned the remaining puppets to Little Fairy Doctor, and gave Venerable Sky Flame a puppet-refining method and Saint Gu You’s soul.
• After Zi Yan left them alone, Lu Yu reunited with Little Fairy Doctor, who suspected Cai Lin had feelings for him and suggested giving her a proper status if he felt the same.