Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan used the Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Soul to defeat the intruders, but Chen E destroyed himself and collapsed the Beast Spirit Barrier. Chen Guan and the others survived, with Zi Yan unconscious from exhaustion, only to face a crowd of covetous experts outside.

• Zi Yan's Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Soul overwhelmed the attackers, killing Huang Xuan and several other Dou Venerates.
• Chen E, the last surviving enemy, charged at Chen Guan and self-destructed, while Zi Yan shielded Chen Guan and the others with the Ancestral Soul.
• The Beast Spirit Barrier shattered, and its devastating energy blast killed more than a thousand people who had gathered nearby.
• Chen Guan and his companions emerged from the collapsed space; Zi Yan was unconscious but safe, and Chen Guan said she needed only rest to recover.
• The survivors saw the many Dou Venerate Experts surrounding them and realized they faced another immediate threat.

Chen Guan confronted the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and the greedy factions gathering outside the Ancient Remains, then unleashed Great Soundless Sound to turn the battle in his group’s favor. As Qing Lin revealed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, her opponent fell under her control.

• A Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan Dou Venerate demanded to know what Chen Guan had found, while Xiao Yan rebuked the crowd for pressing him.
• Chen Guan attacked the clan’s Two-Star Dou Venerate, but the Eight-Star Dou Venerate Fourth Elder and four more clan experts emerged to fight.
• Yao Chen and Tang Zhen moved to help, but Medusa stopped them so they could guard against hidden Soul Hall members.
• The clan’s expert urged hundreds of onlookers to join the battle, and Chen Guan called for Qing Lin to end the fight quickly.
• Chen Guan played his Jade Flute and used Great Soundless Sound to stun the magical-beast fighters and make dozens of intruders fall from the sky.
• Qing Lin revealed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, erasing the last trace of resistance in the Two-Star Dou Venerate facing her.

Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils helped Chen Guan’s group turn the battle against the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan, prompting Fourth Elder to summon the clan’s Nether Snake Guards and trap the gathered experts in the Myriad Snake Array. As the allied fighters struggled to find a way out, a familiar voice spoke in Chen Guan’s mind.

• Qing Lin controlled another two-star Dou Venerate, shifting the battle further in Chen Guan’s group’s favor.
• Fourth Elder ordered the remaining fighters awakened and summoned more than ten thousand Nether Snake Guards to form the Myriad Snake Array.
• Yao Chen, Tang Zhen, and other faction leaders joined Chen Guan’s side after realizing the clan threatened to seize the ruins.
• The Myriad Snake Array trapped the experts inside a colossal phantom serpent that dispersed their attacks and countered with a powerful tail strike.
• The Ice River Valley Master proposed finding an opening or breaking out while the serpent repaired itself, and the experts looked to Chen Guan for help.
• A familiar voice told Chen Guan that the clan’s numerous fighters were merely crawling insects and asked why anyone was nervous.

The Old Dragon Emperor lent Chen Guan enough power to destroy the Fourth Elder and break the Myriad Snake Array. With the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan badly defeated, Qing Lin began harvesting its weakened Dou Venerates, and Chen Guan wondered if the clan's losses exceeded those in the Original Trajectory.

• The Old Dragon Emperor revealed that he had hidden a wisp of will inside Chen Guan and raised Chen Guan's strength to a level beyond Nine Star Dou Venerate.
• Chen Guan recalled his puppets and advanced alone as the Fourth Elder sent the Myriad Snake Array and her Nine Serene Sacrifice technique against him.
• Chen Guan incinerated the snake phantoms and killed the Fourth Elder with a gigantic flaming palm.
• Chen Guan summoned a giant dragon that fought and destroyed the array's giant snake, causing the formation's guards to fall and suffer backlash.
• Chen Guan called Qing Lin into the battlefield, where she attacked the weakened Dou Venerate experts as he reflected on the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan's losses.

Chen Guan learned from the Old Dragon Emperor that Zi Yan could only safely use the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit after preparing Ancient Dragon Marrow and a Phoenix Heart. After Zi Yan set off for Dragon Island with the fruit, Chen Guan reunited with Xiao Yan and the others and prepared to explore the Ancient Remains.

• Chen Guan spoke privately with the Old Dragon Emperor, who revealed that he had used Chen Guan as a safeguard and entrusted him with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s proper use.
• The Old Dragon Emperor explained that the fruit could not be consumed directly and required Ancient Dragon Marrow and a Phoenix Heart.
• Chen Guan returned to the battlefield and told Zi Yan to take the fruit back to Dragon Island without using it until he arrived.
• Zi Yan agreed to stall the clan elders and left, while Chen Guan reassured Medusa and the others that they would meet again soon.
• Chen Guan praised Xiao Yan’s progress and recommended the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range as a place to help him advance.
• Yao Chen and Tang Zhen warned Chen Guan about the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python tribe before departing, and Chen Guan led his group onward to seek Heaven-tier Dou Skills.

Chen Guan reached the central hall of the Ancient Remains, where a Dou Saint skeleton and ten sealed Light Clusters were guarded by powerful puppets. He proposed a cooperative plan to defeat the puppets and distribute the treasures, claiming the skeleton for himself, and most factions agreed as Starfall Pavilion arrived.

• Chen Guan led his group through the maze-like ruins and passed a looted Medicine Hall before reaching the central grand hall.
• Chen Guan recognized the jade-white Dou Saint skeleton as the source of the Heaven Tier Dou Technique and saw several familiar factions gathered around the sealed Light Clusters.
• Chen Guan identified the motionless guardians as puppets with Dou Venerate Level strength, and Ice Venerable proposed that the factions cooperate to destroy them.
• Chen Guan offered to take two Light Clusters and the skeleton while the six Dou Venerate Experts each took one and the remaining two went to the Fated; Ice River Valley, Yellow Springs Pavilion, and Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion reluctantly agreed.
• Starfall Pavilion arrived, and its representatives endorsed Chen Guan's distribution plan.

Chen Guan and the gathered experts fought through the ruin’s guardians and scrambled to claim ten sealed scrolls, believing one contained a Heaven Tier technique. Chen Guan took the final scroll and found an Earth Tier blood-attribute cultivation technique, leaving the others to wonder whether one of their own scrolls held the prize.

• Yao Chen arrived with Xiao Yan and the others as the seal over the ten scrolls began to break.
• Chen Guan led the experts in destroying the human puppets, freeing their fading souls and collecting the puppet materials.
• Chen Guan sent two scrolls out for the others to contest, and the experts raced to seize them.
• Yao Chen was repeatedly interrupted as the experts suspected he could identify the best scroll, so he stopped and let them choose first.
• Tang Zhen secured a scroll, and the remaining experts claimed the others before leaving the last one for Chen Guan.
• Chen Guan opened his scroll in front of everyone and identified it as the Earth Tier High Grade blood-attribute cultivation technique Heavenly Crimson Blood Refinement.

Chen Guan safely removed a dangerous Dou Saint Skeleton from the ancient remains and left with his group, while hidden experts watched the tempting prize. He headed toward the Northwestern Region, where the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan awaited beyond the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python clan’s territory.

• Jia Xun and Peng Jiyun thanked Chen Guan and left, then Ice Venerable and the others departed to seek their own shares.
• Chen Guan tested the Dou Saint Skeleton with a puppet and discovered that its spatial spikes activated near the bones and required blood to trigger its lingering consciousness.
• Chen Guan had the puppet carry away the skeleton and stone seat, then invited Yao Chen and Tang Zhen to leave with him; both chose to remain and explore.
• Two hidden Soul Hall experts decided to let Chen Guan go and planned to turn the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python clan, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and the Heavenly Underworld Sect against him.
• Chen Guan and his group emerged from the remains with the skeleton as concealed experts watched, then headed toward the Northwestern Region and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

The Great Elder warned Chen Guan against becoming reckless after learning about the factions he had offended, then went to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to obtain Phoenix Hearts for Zi Yan. He returned with six slain Dou Venerate Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and revealed that a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Dou Saint was tracking him.

• The Great Elder revealed that two Half-Saint Experts had been following Chen Guan and cautioned him to stop treating new enemies as inconsequential.
• Chen Guan recounted the events in the ruins, including his conflicts with the Heavenly Underworld Sect, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python.
• Chen Guan said he needed a Dou Venerate Heavenly Demon Phoenix's Phoenix Heart to help Zi Yan make full use of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and the Great Elder left to obtain one.
• While waiting, Chen Guan considered how to learn the Heaven-tier Dou Technique and how to strengthen Medusa.
• The Great Elder returned with six Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpses, including an Eight-Star Dou Venerate, and said a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Dou Saint had begun tracking him.

Chen Guan returned to Qingce Manor, where the Great Elder later extracted three ribs from the Dou Saint remains without awakening its lingering thought. Chen Guan refined the ribs with Heavenly Flames, and their Dark Golden Liquid entered his hand as he began learning the Heaven-tier Great Heaven Creation Palm.

• The Great Elder promised to extract several ribs from the remains within half a month, while Qing Lin entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• Chen Guan and Medusa went to the Pill Tower to retrieve their daughter as rumors about the ancient remains spread across the Central Plains.
• The Great Elder sent Chen Guan the remains after removing three ribs, and Chen Guan examined the runes but found that Soul Power could not penetrate them.
• Chen Guan roasted the ribs with Heavenly Flames while studying a method to neutralize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• The ribs transformed into Dark Golden Liquid, which wrapped around Chen Guan's hand, caused intense pain, and disappeared into it as he murmured, "Great Heaven... Creation Palm!!!"

Chen Guan received the Creation Saint’s inheritance of the Heaven-class Dou Technique Great Heaven Creation Palm and successfully performed it for the first time. After confirming he could control its immense energy, he prepared to go to Dragon Island.

• Chen Guan entered a memory space, where the Creation Saint explained Great Heaven Creation Palm and its tempered-palm requirement.
• Chen Guan memorized the technique’s meridian route and watched the Creation Saint demonstrate its destructive power before the memory vanished.
• Chen Guan awoke to find that the inheritance had opened tiny meridians in his right palm and made learning the technique far easier.
• Chen Guan practiced Great Heaven Creation Palm in the secret chamber, gathering dark golden energy and forming a black light that consumed it.
• Chen Guan stopped the technique safely, returned the remaining energy to his body, and decided it was time to go to Dragon Island.

Chen Guan and his companions traveled with Hei Qing through a Space Channel to Dragon Island, intending to help Zi Yan with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. They arrived at the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s vast island floating in Void Space.

• Chen Guan gathered his companions and announced their journey to Dragon Island, while Old Monster You Du made an excuse to stay behind because he feared meeting Hei Qing.
• Chen Guan asked Queen Medusa to remain at Qingce Manor with Little Qing Yan and promised to take her to a cultivation opportunity after he returned.
• Hei Qing arrived and revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had recently appeared in the Central Plains, prompting Chen Guan to suggest discussing the matter on the way.
• Hei Qing opened a spatial rift, and he and Chen Guan’s companions traveled through a Space Channel while discussing the strengths and limits of magical beast races and humanity.
• Hei Qing led Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, Venerable Skyfire, and Xiong Zhan through the silver halo, where they saw Dragon Island floating in Void Space.

Chen Guan and his companions reached Ancient Dragon Island and reunited with Zi Yan, who explained how she had persuaded the elders to delay using the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Her bloodline examination had revealed strange information in her mind, leaving Chen Guan to suspect that someone connected to her had somehow made a hidden inheritance real; the Third Elder then summoned him to the main hall.

• Hei Qing led Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, Venerable Skyfire, and Xiong Zhan to the island's central peak, where Zi Yan and Zhu Li welcomed them.
• Chen Guan and Venerable Skyfire exchanged quiet observations about Zhu Li's strength and the tensions beneath Dragon Island's calm surface.
• Zi Yan complained that the elders had restricted her movements, then explained that she had told them she knew the proper way to use the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan said two elders had examined her bloodline and found it changed, and that she sensed information hidden in her mind but felt it was not yet time to investigate.
• Chen Guan suspected that someone beneath Jia Nan Academy had left an inheritance that had become real through Zi Yan's bloodline.
• Zi Yan told Chen Guan that Zhu Li wanted him at the main hall, while she offered to show Xiao Yi Xian around and sent Xiong Zhan to find Hei Qing.

Third Elder Zhu Li explained that Ancient Dragon Island was only one quarter of the original island and that the divided Ancient Void Dragon Clan faced pressure from three rival Dragon Kings. He asked Chen Guan to help Zi Yan use the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to reunite the clan, and Chen Guan agreed before requesting Ancient Dragon Marrow.

• Zhu Li told Chen Guan that the Old Dragon Emperor had disappeared, the clan had split into four Dragon Islands, and the rival Dragon Kings threatened their survival.
• Zhu Li explained that Zi Yan carried the Old Dragon Emperor’s pure bloodline and could reunite the clan if she matured with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Li revealed that the clan did not know how to use the fruit and believed Chen Guan had provided the method contained in Zi Yan’s inheritance.
• Zhu Li bowed and asked Chen Guan to help save the clan, and Chen Guan promised to support Zi Yan and restore Ancient Dragon Island.
• Chen Guan said he had prepared the other ingredients he needed and asked Zhu Li for Ancient Dragon Marrow.

Chen Guan prepared the medicinal pool needed to neutralize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit so Zi Yan could refine it. After the purple essence overcame the crimson essence, he told Zi Yan to enter the pool, and she began undressing in front of him.

• Chen Guan asked Xiao Yi Xian and Venerable Skyfire to help guard Dragon Island while he and Zi Yan prepared to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Elder Zhu Li returned with Ancient Dragon Marrow, and Chen Guan confirmed it met his requirements before entering the volcano with Zi Yan.
• Chen Guan extracted medicinal essences and refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, Phoenix Hearts, and Ancient Dragon Marrow into the pool.
• The purple medicinal liquid gradually overcame the crimson liquid, leaving the pool predominantly purple after three days.
• Chen Guan told Zi Yan to soak in the pool, and she undressed while he turned away.

Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy until her Dragon Emperor bloodline fully matured and Violet-Gold Wings emerged. She explained that digesting the stored energy would take about half a year, then pulled Chen Guan into the medicinal pool to share its benefits.

• Chen Guan guarded Zi Yan as she absorbed the medicinal liquid and refined medicine for Zhu Li over nearly half a month.
• Zi Yan endured a surge of energy and manifested Violet-Gold Wings as her bloodline matured.
• Zhu Li and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan sensed Zi Yan’s fully matured Dragon Emperor Bloodline, while Elder Qi You arrived and pledged to protect her.
• Zi Yan resumed absorbing the pool’s energy at increased speed and explained that transforming it into strength would take about half a year.
• Zi Yan seized Chen Guan and dragged him into the medicinal pool to try gaining benefits from the blood he had fused into his body.

Chen Guan absorbed some of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy and broke through to peak Five-Star Dou Venerate, gaining the Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor. He and Zi Yan left Dragon Island for the Pill Tower, where Zi Yan immediately teased Medusa with a false claim that Chen Guan had made her pregnant.

• Chen Guan’s breakthrough drew World Energy into the volcano, and the guards outside realized the absorption was nearing its end.
• Chen Guan developed the Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor, tested his control over it, and changed into fresh clothes while Zi Yan explained its defensive power.
• Chen Guan and Zi Yan left the crater, and Zi Yan told Zhu Li she would travel to the Central Plains before returning to unify Dragon Island at the Four Islands Gathering.
• Chen Guan gave Zhu Li medicines and departed Dragon Island with Zi Yan and the others, then returned safely to the Pill Tower.
• Zi Yan approached Medusa and claimed Chen Guan was responsible for her apparent pregnancy, while Chen Guan looked on in dismay.

Chen Guan, Medusa, and Zi Yan traveled to the Beast Region to reach the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, hoping to help Medusa grow stronger while avoiding a direct clash with the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan. After arriving near the clan’s territory, they prepared to lure its hidden experts away before entering.

• Medusa questioned Chen Guan about his time alone with Zi Yan and warned him to keep himself in check.
• Chen Guan and Medusa agreed to leave for the Nine Serene Yellow Springs within days, and Medusa reminded him to care for their daughter, Qing Yan.
• After making preparations and visiting the Pill Tower, Chen Guan set out for the Beast Region with Medusa and Zi Yan, leaving the others at Qingce Manor.
• The three reached the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan’s territory and learned that the sacred springs lay deep underground among powerful clan experts.
• Chen Guan proposed luring the clan’s hidden experts away rather than entering their territory by force.

Chen Guan and his companions distracted the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan’s leaders so they could enter the Nether Serpent Earth Vein. They reached the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, where Medusa began sensing the call in her bloodline.

• Chen Guan asked the concealed Great Elder to capture several Dou Venerate Experts and draw out Yao Xiaotian and the clan’s Great Elder.
• The Great Elder captured members of the clan, and Yao Qi fled to report that a Dou Saint had attacked.
• Yao Xiaotian and the clan’s Great Elder rushed to confront the attacker, while Chen Guan, Medusa, and Zi Yan waited for the way to clear.
• Chen Guan led Medusa and Zi Yan past the clan’s guards and into the depths of the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.
• Zi Yan used her Spatial Power to carry the three through the freezing gusts, and they descended into the chasm to find the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

Chen Guan brought Medusa and Zi Yan to the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, where Medusa discovered an opportunity that rapidly strengthened her. Medusa entered the lake to cultivate while Chen Guan and Zi Yan left her to it, postponing any attempt to free the imprisoned Yao Ming.

• Chen Guan tested the freezing Nine Serene Yellow Springs and confirmed that Yellow Springs Blood Crystals remained within it.
• Medusa sensed a force below the lake, and briefly entering the water filled her with strange energy that raised her to peak Dou Zong.
• Chen Guan explained that the lake's opportunity favored Medusa's Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python bloodline and warned her to ignore Yao Ming if he asked for help.
• Chen Guan told Medusa and Zi Yan that Yao Ming was a powerful former clan chief imprisoned beneath the lake, and refused Zi Yan's suggestion to rescue him yet.
• Medusa entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate, warned Zi Yan against her petty thoughts, and left Chen Guan and Zi Yan at the shore.