Chapter Summaries

Yun Yun became the Flower Sect’s new sect master while Ning Luo prepared to refine the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. After a month in seclusion, he emerged amid a heavenly phenomenon and suppressed the dark clouds with his soul power.

• The white-haired old woman named Yun Yun the Flower Sect’s new sect master, and the disciples knelt to accept her authority.
• Ning Luo congratulated Yun Yun, then reflected on the threat posed by the Soul Hall and prepared to refine the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Ning Luo spent a month refining the flame in a sealed chamber as its heat melted the furniture and tore open spatial cracks.
• Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun worried about Ning Luo’s prolonged seclusion while Qing Lin sensed that he was safe.
• The quiet chamber exploded, and Ning Luo emerged as dark clouds and fierce winds filled the sky.
• Ning Luo dispersed the clouds with his soul power and realized that finding and refining stronger Heavenly Flames would become increasingly difficult.

After Ning Luo helped Yun Yun break Granny Hua’s seal, he left the Flower Sect with Qing Lin, but the Tianming Sect ambushed them on the way to Starfall Pavilion. Ning Luo and Qing Lin prepared to fight four six-star Dou Zun experts.

• Ning Luo used his Soul Power to examine Yun Yun and helped break the seal left by Granny Hua, though the clash of their powers destroyed her clothes.
• Ning Luo told Yun Yun that refining Granny Hua’s Dou Qi could let her reach great heights, possibly even the Dou Saint realm.
• Ning Luo stayed at the Flower Sect for another day, then left with Qing Lin aboard the Nine Netherworld Nether Python.
• The Demonic Flower Evil Lord and three other six-star Dou Zun experts appeared ahead and demanded that Ning Luo return with them to the Tianming Sect.
• The gray-robed elder ordered the group to attack together, while Ning Luo summoned the Heavenly Demon Puppet and Qing Lin sent her figures after Hua Jin.
• Qing Lin charged the Demonic Flower Evil Lord and the others, and the gray-robed elder assigned the fourth brother to face her.

Ning Luo fought off Ghost Venerable Senluo, Demonic Flower Evil Lord, and another Tianming Sect expert, but the three could not overcome him before Nine Heavens Venerable appeared and revealed the area had been sealed. Surrounded by the three powerful enemies, Ning Luo faced their renewed attack.

• Qing Lin charged at Ghost Venerable Senluo as he led Demonic Flower Evil Lord and another Tianming Sect expert to encircle Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo summoned the Heavenly Demon Puppet and battled Demonic Flower Evil Lord and Ghost Venerable Senluo with the power of the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes.
• Ning Luo replenished his Dou Qi during the battle and challenged Ghost Venerable Senluo and Demonic Flower Evil Lord to attack again.
• Ghost Venerable Senluo called for help, and Nine Heavens Venerable appeared, explaining that he had sealed the space to prevent Ning Luo from escaping with a spatial jade slip.
• Nine Heavens Venerable attacked Ning Luo, and the two exchanged blows that shattered the surrounding space as Nine Heavens Venerable prepared to fight alongside the others.

Ning Luo battled Nine Heavens Venerable, Ghost Venerable Senluo, and Demonic Flower Evil Lord until Hei Qing arrived and asked for his help. Ning Luo and Qing Lin followed Hei Qing through a spatial passage to Dragon Island, where they met the Third Elder.

• Ning Luo used the Great Heaven Creation Palm, but Nine Heavens Venerable and the other two combined their power to stop it.
• Ning Luo revealed four Heavenly Flames, and Hei Qing arrived through a spatial rift asking him for help.
• Hei Qing struck Ghost Venerable Senluo and Demonic Flower Evil Lord, while Nine Heavens Venerable fled.
• Ning Luo and Qing Lin followed Hei Qing through a long spatial passage to the floating Dragon Island.
• Hei Qing led Ning Luo and Qing Lin to a peak, where a white-robed figure appeared and Hei Qing greeted the Third Elder.

Ning Luo learned that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit had turned Zi Yan into a crystal-like living corpse, and Zhu Li asked him to use his Heavenly Flames to save her. After two days of preparation, Zhu Li brought Ning Luo to a volcano on Dragon Island, where the rescue was about to begin.

• Zhu Li explained that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy had solidified throughout Zi Yan’s body and that only powerful Heavenly Flames could melt it.
• Zhu Li told Ning Luo that the Ancient Void Dragon tribe had split into four parts and hoped Zi Yan would eventually reunite them as their chief.
• Ning Luo promised the lifeless Zi Yan that he would save her, then waited while Zhu Li prepared for two days.
• Zhu Li led Ning Luo to a volcano, where Ning Luo recognized Iron Sword Venerable and learned Zhu Li had secretly protected Zi Yan after she left.
• Zhu Li warned Ning Luo to control his Heavenly Flames carefully so he could melt Zi Yan’s crystal layer without burning her, and Ning Luo agreed.

Ning Luo used his Heavenly Flames to melt the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer covering Zi Yan, working for a month while replenishing his strength with Ancient Dragon essence blood. As the layer nearly disappeared, Xia Ao arrived with forces from West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island to claim the lord with the Royal Bloodline, and a mysterious old man appeared before Zhu Li.

• Ning Luo sent his Heavenly Flames into the cauldron and shaped them into a fire dragon to refine the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer around Zi Yan.
• Ning Luo made the layer begin to melt and continued refining for a month, using Ancient Dragon essence blood to restore his strength.
• Zhu Li ordered the clan members to protect Ning Luo after Xia Ao arrived with West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island forces seeking the bearer of the Royal Bloodline.
• Qi You challenged Xia Ao's claim that the West Dragon King had authority over the clan, and Xia Ao demanded that East Dragon Island hand over the Royal Bloodline's lord.
• An old man in crude leather garments appeared before Zhu Li as tensions mounted outside Dragon Island.

The Dragon Armor Army and its allies attacked Ancient Dragon Island to seize Zi Yan, while Ning Luo and the elders fought to protect her. Zi Yan awakened her Royal Bloodline, transformed into a young woman, and was hailed as the Dragon Emperor.

• Xia Ao sent the Dragon Armor Army into Ancient Dragon Island, while Man Yan led his fighters against Zhu Li and the island’s defenders.
• Zhu Li ordered Hei Qing to protect Ning Luo as battles erupted across Dragon Island.
• Hei Qing intercepted the Dragon Armor Army near the volcanic crater, but Xia Sha reached the cauldron and attacked Ning Luo.
• Qing Yan arrived with reinforcements and struck at Ning Luo, but Zi Yan awoke and blasted him away with her power.
• Zi Yan emerged from the cauldron with Heavenly Phoenix Wings and an awakened Royal Bloodline, and Hei Qing and the East Dragon Island experts welcomed her as the Dragon Emperor.

Zi Yan awakened as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor, drove off the invaders, and began absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy in seclusion. After recovering and learning Qing Lin was cultivating in the Ancient Dragon Tomb, Ning Luo traveled with Hei Qing to a vast Lightning Pool and prepared to cultivate there.

• Hei Qing rebuked Xia Sha and Qing Yan for refusing to kneel to Zi Yan, and they retreated after saying they still served the Dragon Kings.
• Zi Yan’s violet-gold aura suppressed the dragons across Ancient Dragon Island, prompting Zhu Li and the others to kneel and welcome the return of the Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan warned the fleeing island experts that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had only ever had a Dragon Emperor and that she would reclaim the Royal Bloodline held by the three Dragon Kings.
• Ning Luo awoke and learned that Zi Yan had defeated the invaders before entering seclusion again, while Qing Lin was cultivating in the Ancient Dragon Tomb to refine the Nine-Headed Sky Snake.
• Hei Qing brought Ning Luo through the void to a vast lake of silver lightning, where Ning Luo chose to begin cultivating.

Ning Luo used the Void Lightning Pool to repair his Heavenly Demon Puppet and upgrade ten Earth Demon Puppets, but a disheveled old man fleeing a barrage of black lightning drew the danger toward him. Ning Luo escaped the pool and realized something terrifying lurked in its depths.

• Ning Luo sent his damaged Heavenly Demon Puppet into concentrated lightning and brought out ten Earth Demon Puppets to strengthen them.
• Ning Luo and the eleven puppets endured the Lightning Pool for nearly half a month as golden patches spread across the ten Earth Demon Puppets.
• Ning Luo opened his eyes as a massive lightning bolt shot from them, then felt a devastating gust emerge from the depths of the pool.
• A disheveled old man fled from more than a dozen black lightning bolts and chased alongside Ning Luo, then escaped by twisting through space.
• Ning Luo collected the ten upgraded Heavenly Demon Puppets, used his bone wings to outrun the black lightning, and escaped the pool.

Ning Luo returned from the Lightning Pool to Ancient Dragon Island, where Qing Lin had emerged from seclusion and grown stronger. After leaving the island, he learned that the final Fragmented Map for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame might appear at a Space Trading Convention less than a year away, while Yao Lao identified the Yan Clan as the faction most likely to possess Heavenly Flames.

• Old Man Mang introduced himself to Ning Luo and suggested they explore the Lightning Pool together, but left when someone from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan arrived.
• Ning Luo returned to Ancient Dragon Island and met Qing Lin, who had refined the Nine-Headed Sky Snake's soul and reached six-star Dou Zun.
• Elder Zhu Li gave Ning Luo a spatial jade slip for returning to East Dragon Island, while Zi Yan remained in seclusion.
• Yao Lao told Ning Luo that the final Fragmented Map for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame might appear at a Space Trading Convention held in less than a year.
• Yao Lao said the Yan Clan likely possessed more Heavenly Flames than any other faction aside from Fen Yan Valley.

Ning Luo learned about the Ancient Eight Clans and discovered that Yao Lao had been abandoned by the Yao Clan because of his faint Dou Di bloodline. Yao Lao sent Ning Luo to prepare for a journey to the Gu Clan, while Ning Luo waited for Xiao Yi Xian and began cultivating his soul with the Taiyi Soul Art.

• Yao Lao explained the Ancient Eight Clans, including the fallen Xiao Clan, to Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo learned that Yao Lao was a member of the Yao Clan whose weak Dou Di bloodline had caused the clan to abandon him.
• Yao Lao told Ning Luo to travel to the Gu Clan's Ancient Realm with Heavenly Flame Venerable and Xiao Yi Xian after Xiao Yi Xian returned from an ancient tomb.
• Ning Luo waited at Starfall Pavilion for Xiao Yi Xian and focused on cultivating his soul instead of his Dou Qi.
• Ning Luo studied the Taiyi Soul Art from the scroll he had won at the Pill Gathering and began drawing in the surrounding Soul Power.

Ning Luo cultivated the Taiyi Soul Art and Earth Gang Yan while waiting for Xiao Yi Xian to return, then set out with her and their companions for Ancient Saint City in the Eastern Region. They reached the city, where the Gu Clan’s ancient barrier and entry rules stood between them and their destination.

• Ning Luo memorized the Taiyi Soul Art and began cultivating it alongside the Dou Saint technique Earth Gang Yan.
• After seven days of training, Ning Luo sensed Xiao Yi Xian return with her hair restored and her strength risen to about seven stars.
• Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to leave, and their group of four departed Starfall Pavilion the following day.
• Ning Luo’s group crossed into the Eastern Region and headed toward Ancient Saint City, where they learned a Dou Di-powered barrier protected the city.
• Ning Luo’s group stopped at Ancient Saint City’s gates, where entry was generally restricted to those invited by the Gu Clan.

Ning Luo arrived at Ancient Saint City with a Gu Clan invitation, where Ling Quan tried to stop him before the Fifth Commander intervened and welcomed him. After Xun'er affirmed her feelings for Ning Luo, he learned more about the Black Mist Army and its commanders.

• At the city gates, Ling Quan challenged Ning Luo’s invitation, but Ning Luo retrieved it after Ling Quan caught it and burned his palm.
• Ling Quan attacked Ning Luo and ordered the Black Mist Army to seize him, prompting Xiao Yi Xian and the others to move to Ning Luo’s side.
• The Fifth Commander rebuked Ling Quan for mistreating a guest and arranged for Ning Luo’s group to stay in Ancient Saint City before entering the Ancient Realm.
• Elder Ling told Xun'er that her declaration of affection might bring Ning Luo trouble, but Xun'er said she believed in him and that no one could change her feelings.
• The next morning, Ning Luo asked Xiao Yi Xian and Heavenly Flame Venerable about the Black Mist Army and learned that it had strict standards, eight commanders, and a hierarchy in which Ling Quan ranked seventh.

Ning Luo learned that Gu Clan geniuses, including the Four Commandants, viewed him as a rival and a threat. When Yang Hao challenged him to spar, Ning Luo decisively defeated him, leaving the commander injured and enraged.

• Xiao Yi Xian warned Ning Luo that Gu Clan youths considered him a love rival and that the Four Commandants were formidable talents.
• Yang Hao arranged a sparring match with Ning Luo, who accepted the challenge as a chance to establish his strength before entering the Ancient Realm.
• Ning Luo disrupted Yang Hao's Emperor Seal Art and overwhelmed him with a single punch.
• Ning Luo used a magma pillar to defeat Yang Hao, leaving him badly burned and buried among the rubble.
• Yang Hao charged Ning Luo again in anger, but Ning Luo struck him away and sent him crashing through the tavern furniture.
• A frivolous young man among the Four Commandants remarked that Yang Hao was acting like an idiot.

After Ning Luo defeated Yang Hao, Lin Xiu tried to challenge him, but Elder Gu Xun intervened. Ning Luo then encountered Hun Ya of the Soul Clan, and three days later entered the crowd gathering for the Ancient Realm’s opening.

• Huo Zhi and the men with her discussed Ning Luo’s Heavenly Flames and the Gu Clan’s attitude toward him.
• Lin Xiu challenged Ning Luo after Yang Hao’s defeat, but Elder Gu Xun appeared and stopped the confrontation.
• Ning Luo recognized three black-robed visitors as members of the Soul Clan, and Hun Ya warned that the Soul Clan would destroy him.
• Three days later, Ning Luo and his companions joined the crowds at the lake in Ancient Saint City for the Ancient Realm’s opening.
• Elder Gu Xun warned entrants not to wander in the Ancient Realm or disturb the Gu Clan descendants who lived there.

Ning Luo entered the Ancient Realm with his companions and learned from Huo Xuan about the Heavenly Tomb and its restrictions. A meeting with Gu Zhen, the Black Mist Army’s First Commander, ended with Gu Zhen explaining why the army guarded the warship and how the Gu Clan’s bloodline could be diluted.

• The Ancient Realm’s spatial gate opened, and Ning Luo’s group entered after Ning Luo clashed with Lin Xiu, who threatened him and insulted his origins.
• Ning Luo arrived in the Ancient Realm and boarded a flying warship, where Huo Xuan introduced himself as a member of the Yan Clan.
• Huo Xuan told Ning Luo that the Heavenly Tomb opened once every twenty years, allowed stays of up to three years, and admitted members of the Eight Ancient Clans.
• Gu Zhen invited Ning Luo to sit with him and revealed that he was the Black Mist Army’s First Commander, explaining that he had not intervened in Ning Luo’s earlier conflict with Ling Quan and the others.
• Gu Zhen said the Black Mist Army guarded the warship partly to prevent people from remaining in the Ancient Realm, then explained that marrying outside the clan could dilute the Gu Clan’s Dou Di bloodline.

Ning Luo arrived at the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm and reunited with Xun'er, despite Gu Zhen warning him that the clan forbade outsiders from marrying into it. As Xun'er led him toward a bamboo house, Gu Yao resolved to challenge Ning Luo at the coming-of-age ceremony and kill him if he refused to leave.

• Gu Zhen explained the Gu Clan’s restrictions on outsiders and warned Ning Luo about the resistance he would face, but Ning Luo said it made no difference to him.
• Ning Luo spotted Xun'er on a distant mountain peak as the warship reached the Ancient Saint Mountain Range.
• Xun'er flew to the warship and greeted Ning Luo, while Gu Yao watched and said he would kill him if he insisted on staying with her.
• Xun'er sensed Gu Yao’s killing intent, and Ning Luo recognized the danger as they set out together.
• Gu Yao chose Ning Luo as his opponent for the next day’s coming-of-age ceremony, and Xun'er led Ning Luo and his companions to a bamboo house where Elder Ling awaited them.

Ning Luo reunited with Xun'er in the Gu Clan and prepared for a likely duel with Gu Yao at the coming-of-age ceremony. When Gu Qian and Gu Xu barred Ning Luo from a restricted area, Mang Tianchi intervened and forced Old Monster Shan to call them off.

• Ning Luo took Xun'er's hand and promised to bear the pressure from her clan, while Xun'er warned that Gu Yao and the other Four Commanders might challenge him at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian spoke about the Gu Clan's sacrifices, Xiao Yi Xian's feelings for Ning Luo, and Xun'er's knowledge of Cai Lin.
• Gu Qian and Gu Xu told Xun'er that Ning Luo could not enter the restricted area because he did not meet the requirements.
• Mang Tianchi appeared and attacked Gu Qian and Gu Xu with lightning, but an unseen force blocked his strikes.
• Mang Tianchi confronted Old Monster Shan, who ordered Gu Qian and Gu Xu to withdraw and agreed to give Mang Tianchi face.

Ning Luo attended the Gu Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where Gu Yao’s exceptional bloodline and strength made him a formidable rival. After receiving the Purple Gold Clan Mark, Gu Yao asked whether he could challenge anyone during the ceremony.

• Xun'er warned Ning Luo that Gu Yao was a dangerous opponent and that elders might try to keep Ning Luo from entering the Heavenly Tomb; Mang Tianchi offered to support him.
• The ceremony began, and Ling Quan received a Golden Clan Mark after his Star Chart test showed six stars.
• Gu Zhen completed his test and acknowledged Ning Luo with a friendly gesture.
• Gu Yao’s test revealed an eighth-grade bloodline, and the elders awarded him the Purple Gold Clan Mark.
• Gu Yao stopped the ceremony and asked whether he could challenge anyone at will.

Gu Yao pressured Ning Luo to accept a duel at the coming-of-age ceremony, and Ning Luo agreed despite warnings from Xun'er and others. Their fight began with Gu Yao overpowering Ning Luo’s flame attack and assaulting him at close range, but Ning Luo’s Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor let him endure the blows and counterattack.

• Gu Yao used the ceremony rules to challenge Ning Luo to either fight him or leave the Ancient Realm, and Xun'er objected to his demand.
• Ning Luo accepted the duel, and Mang Tianchi promised to help if he was in danger.
• Gu Yao attacked Ning Luo with the Mountain Splitting Seal, while Ning Luo evaded and countered with the Seafall Seal.
• Gu Yao shattered Ning Luo’s flame attack with mystical ice armor and pressed him with the Myriad Beasts Spear Technique.
• Ning Luo endured Gu Yao’s close-range attacks with the Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor, then caused the ground beneath Gu Yao to bulge with Earth Gang Yan.