Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze and Yao Ming left the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and confronted Yao Xiaotian and the clan elders. Yao Ming fought Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, while Xiao Ze separated the Great Elder into a Thunder World.

• Xiao Ze guided Yao Ming and the others through the Soul Barrier and past the fleeing strange snakes as they left the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming announced himself as the clan patriarch when Yao Xiaotian and the elders arrived, disrupting Yao Xiaotian’s attempt to brand him an impostor.
• Yao Ming accused Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder of imprisoning him and revealed that he had reached the Two-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder joined forces against Yao Ming, who held the advantage but could not quickly defeat them both.
• Xiao Ze blasted the Great Elder into a Thunder World and followed with the women while Yao Ming continued fighting Yao Xiaotian.

Xiao Ze trapped the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan's Great Elder in Thunder World and overwhelmed him, leaving him unable to resist or self-destruct. He extracted the Great Elder's Soul Body and had Azure Scales use a Soul Contract to control him, potentially gaining another Dou Saint-level fighter.

• Xiao Ze brought the women into Thunder World, where the injured Great Elder offered his accumulated possessions in exchange for escape.
• Xiao Ze used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to stun the Great Elder, then battered him and restrained his Dou Qi with Origin Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Ze bound the Great Elder with lightning runes and extracted his Soul Body using golden flames and soul energy.
• Xiao Ze called Azure Scales over and asked her to control the Great Elder with a Soul Contract.
• Azure Scales used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils on the bound Soul Body, gradually ending its struggle.

Xiao Ze helped Yao Ming defeat Yao Xiaotian and reclaim control of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan, while Azure Scales bound the Great Elder with a Soul Contract. Yao Ming thanked Xiao Ze and offered him the Heaven Tier Dou Skill left behind by the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

• Azure Scales used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to force a Soul Contract with the Great Elder, and Xiao Ze healed him with pills before Azure Scales stored him away.
• Xiao Ze put away Thunder World and saw Yao Ming defeat Yao Xiaotian, who tried to self-destruct rather than be captured.
• Yao Ming used the Nine Serene Staff to suppress Yao Xiaotian's Dou Qi and seal him.
• Yao Ming reclaimed control of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan, gave orders to its elders, and thanked Xiao Ze for his help.
• Yao Ming offered Xiao Ze the Heaven Tier Dou Skill left behind by the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

Yao Ming offered Xiao Ze the chance to obtain the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan’s Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skill, Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and explained how Xiao Ze could claim it. Xiao Ze agreed to face the test in the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Inheritance Stele, while Yao Ming took Yao Xiaotian back to the bottom of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

• Yao Xiaotian tried to drive a wedge between Yao Ming and Xiao Ze by accusing Yao Ming of betraying the clan, but Yao Ming crushed his throat and said he would suppress him in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming explained that he offered Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath because Xiao Ze already knew the clan’s secrets through the Great Elder and because he hoped to strengthen the clan; he also acknowledged the Soul Contract’s hold over him.
• Yao Ming told Xiao Ze that the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Inheritance Stele contained Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood, but its remnant soul required Heaven Realm Soul Power to pass its test.
• Xiao Ze agreed to try the Inheritance Stele’s test, and Yao Ming arranged accommodations for Xiao Ze’s group before taking Yao Xiaotian back to the bottom of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

Yao Ming purged Yao Xiaotian’s loyalists and led Xiao Ze and his companions to the Yellow Springs Stele. Xiao Ze entered its inner space with his soul, where he began to face the legacy of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

• Yao Ming eliminated Yao Xiaotian’s remaining loyalists to protect the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan’s secrets.
• Xiao Ze reassured Yao Ming that he would not use the Soul Contract as long as Yao Ming upheld their cooperation.
• Yao Ming led Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and the others to the Yellow Springs Stele and explained that the Demon Saint Essence Blood and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath were hidden within it.
• Yao Ming warned Xiao Ze that the stele’s Soul Pressure had once badly injured him, but Xiao Ze decided to enter it and test his Soul Realm.
• Xiao Ze sent his Soul Body into the Yellow Springs Stele, which swallowed it and transported him to an independent space inside.

Xiao Ze entered the Yellow Springs realm and used his powerful Soul Body and Thunder Power to withstand its attacks before meeting Yellow Springs Demon Saint. Though the Demon Saint repeatedly urged him to return after cultivating further, Xiao Ze insisted on attempting the inheritance trial and prepared to face Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.

• Xiao Ze flew through the thunder-filled realm, controlled its silver lightning with his own Thunder Power, and broke Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm.
• Xiao Ze called out Yellow Springs Demon Saint, who appeared seated on a throne atop a newly risen mountain range.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint recognized Xiao Ze's talent and urged him to return after reaching Heaven Realm Great Perfection, but Xiao Ze explained that the Patriarch of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan had sent him to attempt the trial.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint warned Xiao Ze that the trial required him to endure one Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and offered him another chance to leave.
• Xiao Ze refused to withdraw, saying he had a way to protect himself, and asked Yellow Springs Demon Saint to begin the trial.

Xiao Ze passed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s test by protecting his Soul Body from Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath with the Tree of Origin’s roots. The Yellow Springs Demon Saint accepted the result, and Xiao Ze considered helping him resolve a lingering doubt.

• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath at full strength while Xiao Ze shielded himself with Origin Emperor Flame and the Tree of Origin’s roots.
• The attack shattered the Golden Fire Cauldron and the surrounding world, but the roots blocked the soul-targeting sound waves from reaching Xiao Ze.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint restored the world and saw that Xiao Ze remained unharmed, then acknowledged that he had passed the test.
• Xiao Ze thanked the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and decided he might help resolve one of the Demon Saint’s doubts.

Xiao Ze explained to the Yellow Springs Demon Saint that the Dou Qi Continent lacked the Origin Qi needed to reach the Dou Emperor realm, then began revealing what he knew about Tou She Ancient God. He left the Yellow Springs Demon Saint astonished by the revelation that the last Dou Emperor had been a Heavenly Flame.

• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint told Xiao Ze that no one in the current era could become a Dou Emperor because a crucial requirement had vanished.
• Xiao Ze revealed that the missing requirement was Origin Qi, and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint eagerly asked him to explain.
• Xiao Ze said he had learned about Dou Emperors from scattered Xiao Clan records and an unusual book about Tou She Ancient God.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint questioned how Tou She Ancient God had risen to power and why no Dou God Clan had followed him.
• Xiao Ze revealed that Tou She Ancient God's true form had been a Heavenly Flame born from heaven and earth.

Xiao Ze explained Tou She Ancient God's Heavenly Flame origins and the dwindling supply of Origin Qi to Yellow Springs Demon Saint, resolving the ancient expert's regret over failing to become a Dou Emperor. Yellow Springs Demon Saint then offered Xiao Ze a Soul Origin Light Cluster to help him reach Heaven Realm Great Perfection.

• Yellow Springs Demon Saint reacted with disbelief when Xiao Ze revealed that Tou She Ancient God had been a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ze explained how the Heavenly Flame devoured every other flame, became Emperor Flame, and was known as Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Ze told Yellow Springs Demon Saint that Origin Qi had been consumed over the ages, leaving only two strands by Tou She Ancient God's era.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint accepted that fate had kept him from becoming a Dou Emperor and thanked Xiao Ze for easing his regret.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint gathered soul light into a Soul Origin Light Cluster and told Xiao Ze to use it to break through to Heaven Realm Great Perfection.

Xiao Ze refined the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Soul Origin Light Cluster inside the Yellow Springs Stele and broke through to Heaven Realm Great Perfection. He emerged with greatly enhanced soul perception and the ability to attempt refining Grade 9 Profound Pills.

• Xiao Ze thanked the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and began refining the pure Soul Origin Light Cluster while the Demon Saint guarded him.
• Xiao Ze used the Golden Sapling to reassure Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Azure Scales, while the Yellow Springs Demon Saint hoped he would reach Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Yao Ming that Xiao Ze had found an opportunity in the stele and was expected to obtain the Demon Saint Essence Blood and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath afterward.
• Yao Ming left the next day to handle the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan’s affairs and left behind a way for the others to contact him.
• After a month of continuous growth, Xiao Ze reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection and released soul power that spread across the entire realm.
• Xiao Ze gained soul power capable of combat on par with a Two-Star Dou Saint and became able to attempt refining Grade 9 Profound Pills.

Xiao Ze reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection in soul power, received the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s techniques and essence blood, and watched the Demon Saint’s remnant soul disappear. After returning from the Yellow Springs Stele, he asked Xiao Yi Xian and the others to tell Yao Ming that Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath could now be cultivated.

• Xiao Ze reflected on his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul and concluded that he needed new cultivation opportunities to approach the Emperor Realm.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint praised Xiao Ze’s breakthrough and gave him the cultivation formula for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint handed Xiao Ze his Demon Saint Essence Blood and explained that resolving a regret had made his long vigil worthwhile.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint vanished, and his throne and surrounding realm collapsed as Xiao Ze bowed farewell and returned to his body.
• Xiao Ze found that Yao Ming was gone and asked Xiao Yi Xian and the others to inform him that Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath could now be cultivated.

Xiao Ze explained the Yellow Springs Stele’s changes to Yao Ming, then shared the Demon Saint Essence Blood among the group. Before leaving, he secured Yao Ming’s promise that the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan would stay out of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s civil war and might support its new Dragon Emperor.

• Xiao Ze told Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and the others what had happened inside the Yellow Springs Stele as they waited for Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming tried to learn Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath from the stele but failed because his Soul Power was insufficient.
• Xiao Ze divided the Demon Saint Essence Blood into five portions, giving one each to Yao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, Azure Scales, and himself.
• Yao Ming said the Demon Saint Essence Blood could help him reach Three-Star Dou Saint within three years, while Xiao Ze noted that it could greatly strengthen Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Azure Scales.
• Xiao Ze asked Yao Ming not to join the Three Great Dragon Kings against the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s new Dragon Emperor, and Yao Ming promised the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan would stay out or offer support.

Xiao Ze and his companions found the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python Clan’s homeland at the bottom of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, where Queen Medusa entered seclusion to absorb its power. Xiao Ze then set off with Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales for Ancient Dragon Island to help them improve their strength.

• Xiao Ze led Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Azure Scales, and the others in a search of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs’ depths.
• The group found a basin filled with Yellow Springs Yin Stone, and Queen Medusa’s bloodline energy awakened a seven-colored vortex there.
• Azure Scales revealed that the basin was the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python Clan’s homeland and burial ground, where the entire clan had perished.
• Queen Medusa entered the vortex to cultivate, and Xiao Ze promised to come to her aid if anything went wrong.
• After the vortex settled, Xiao Ze left with Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales for Ancient Dragon Island to refine Demon Saint Essence Blood.

Xiao Ze refined the Demon Saint Essence Blood while traveling through the Endless Void, reaching the Late One-Star Dou Saint stage and testing the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s techniques. He arrived at Ancient Dragon Island with Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales, where a guard greeted him.

• Xiao Ze left the Nine Serene Deepground Python headquarters with Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales, trusting Yao Ming and the Golden Sapling to protect Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Ze refined the Demon Saint Essence Blood and reached the Late One-Star Dou Saint stage, nearing a breakthrough to Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Ze tested the Yellow Springs Finger, Yellow Springs Palm, and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, destroying dangers across the Endless Void.
• Xiao Ze reached Ancient Dragon Island and notified Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales; Azure Scales said she had advanced by another transformation.
• Xiao Ze withdrew the Thunder Warship outside the island’s silver barrier, and a sturdy figure greeted him as Lord Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze visited Ancient Dragon Island, checked on Zi Yan’s stable condition in seclusion, and left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Ning there before heading to the Void Thunder Pool. There, he rescued Mang Tianchi from Black Demonic Thunder, revealed that he had reached the Late One-Star Dou Saint stage, and explained that he intended to transform his Thunder Power into Black Demonic Thunder.

• Xiao Ze greeted Hei Qing and Elder Zhu Li on Ancient Dragon Island and said he had come to cultivate in the Void Thunder Pool and check on Zi Yan.
• Elder Zhu Li told Xiao Ze that Zi Yan remained stable in seclusion in the Dragon Hall and that her strength was improving.
• Xiao Ze entrusted Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Ning to Ancient Dragon Island, then left for the Void Thunder Pool alone.
• Xiao Ze found Mang Tianchi fleeing Black Demonic Thunder and shielded him with a curtain of lightning.
• Xiao Ze told Mang Tianchi that he had reached the Late One-Star Dou Saint stage and planned to transform his Thunder Power into Black Demonic Thunder.

Xiao Ze explained his method of turning Thunder Power into Black Demonic Thunder and went to the thunder pool’s depths to test it. He steadily consumed Black Demonic Thunder to taint his lightning, while Mang Tianchi tried to cultivate using the same principle.

• Mang Tianchi asked Xiao Ze how he had transformed his Thunder Power into Black Demonic Thunder, and Xiao Ze described using enormous quantities of lightning to wear it down and taint his own power.
• Mang Tianchi gave Xiao Ze a jade slip containing his lightning art, then decided to try the method cautiously himself.
• Xiao Ze entered the depths of the thunder pool and baited a strand of Black Demonic Thunder with silver lightning.
• Xiao Ze trapped the Black Demonic Thunder in a Thunder World and used waves of silver lightning to consume it until it disappeared.
• Xiao Ze found that his lightning had gained a stronger black gleam and continued baiting Black Demonic Thunder as his aura steadily rose.

Xiao Ze completed the transformation of his Thunder Power into Black Demonic Thunder and broke through to the early Two-Star Dou Saint realm in the Void Thunder Pool. After meeting Mang Tianchi, he learned that his girlfriend’s clan would soon hold her coming-of-age ceremony, where the clan elders might resist acknowledging him.

• Xiao Ze absorbed more than ten bolts of Black Demonic Thunder and sensed an opportunity to break through.
• Three days later, Xiao Ze reached the early Two-Star Dou Saint realm and finished transforming his Thunder Power into Black Demonic Thunder.
• Xiao Ze left the depths of the Void Thunder Pool and found Mang Tianchi, who had infused a trace of Black Demonic Thunder into himself using Xiao Ze’s method.
• Mang Tianchi told Xiao Ze that his girlfriend’s clan would soon hold her coming-of-age ceremony and warned that its elders might not accept him despite his strength.

Xiao Ze learned that the Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony would take place in about two months and prepared to return to Ancient Dragon Island. There, Hei Qing confronted an envoy from West Dragon Island who had come to invite a Royal Bloodline clansman to join them.

• Xiao Ze discussed gaining the Ancient Clan's recognition with Mang Tianchi, who told him that reaching Dou Saint would give him standing despite objections over bloodline.
• Mang Tianchi said the Coming-of-Age Ceremony was expected in two months and hinted that Xiao Ze might enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ze asked Mang Tianchi to return to Ancient Dragon Island with him, but Mang Tianchi stayed in the Void Thunder Pool to cultivate his Thunder Power.
• Mang Tianchi traded Xiao Ze three Earth Tier Dou Techniques for pills, then left him to continue cultivating.
• Xiao Ze flew to Ancient Dragon Island, where Hei Qing challenged Xia Ao and his West Dragon Island group for arriving to invite a Royal Bloodline clansman to reside on their island.

Xiao Ze returned to Ancient Dragon Island as West and Southern Dragon Island forces threatened East Dragon Island, then revealed his Dou Saint strength and swiftly killed their commanders. With Xia Ao and Man Yan dead, the two armies were left terrified and leaderless.

• Hei Qing rejected Xia Ao's demand to surrender East Dragon Island's Royal Bloodline member, and Xia Ao threatened to attack with the Dragon Scale Army and Barbarian Dragon Army.
• Zhu Li confronted Xia Ao and Man Yan, but refused to hand over the Royal Bloodline member and prepared to fight.
• Xiao Ze arrived and defended his friends on Ancient Dragon Island, prompting Man Yan to transform and attack him.
• Xiao Ze revealed that he was a Dou Saint and killed Man Yan with a single strike.
• Xiao Ze told Xia Ao he would send him to meet Man Yan, then killed him with a palm strike.

Xiao Ze defeated the forces attacking Ancient Dragon Island and accepted their surrender, sparing the ordinary clansmen while leaving their commanders dead. He warned Zhu Li to keep the island’s strength secret, then departed with Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales for the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony.

• Xiao Ze ordered the Dragon Scale Army and Barbarian Dragon Army to surrender or die, and their soldiers agreed to submit to Eastern Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ze left the surrendered clansmen to Zhu Li, who thanked him for sparing them and planned to investigate their backgrounds.
• Xiao Ze told Zhu Li to conceal the battle’s outcome and keep Ancient Dragon Island on alert until Zi Yan emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Ze gave Zhu Li a golden Space Jade Slip and said he was leaving to attend the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Ze set out for the Ancient Clan with Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales.