Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo gathered dozens of Dou Zun experts to travel through a newly built Space Wormhole to the Northwestern Continent and support the Luo Alliance. After arriving at the Scarlet Cliff Plains, he led the group northwest toward the alliance’s territory.

• You Quan asked Ning Luo to guide her, and he offered to take her as his disciple; she agreed to become his registered disciple and called him Teacher.
• Ning Luo learned that the Space Wormhole had been constructed, and Yao Lao advised waiting a few days while recruiting additional helpers for the journey.
• Ning Luo and Yao Lao gathered roughly thirty Dou Zun experts, including Elder Hu, and Ning Luo asked them to follow his orders in the Northwestern Continent.
• Yao Lao opened the Space Wormhole, and Ning Luo led the group through it to the Scarlet Cliff Plains.
• Ning Luo consulted a map, explained that the route led northwest to the Luo Alliance, and set off with the group while instructing them to restrain their auras and avoid acting recklessly.

Cai Lin led the Luo Alliance’s defense of Profound Yellow Fortress against the Lion Nether Sect, refusing to surrender despite the enemy’s superior strength. After the fortress barrier fell and the armies clashed, Cai Lin challenged Shi Tian to a duel.

• Cai Lin warned the Luo Alliance leaders that the Lion Nether Sect was preparing a full assault, while Xiao Ding admitted they were badly outmatched.
• Cai Lin rejected Shi Tian’s offer of surrender and ordered the fortress formation activated, as ballista bolts and the energy barrier inflicted losses on the attackers.
• Shi Tian’s hundred Dou Zun-class experts and a giant beast broke through the barrier, prompting Cai Lin to rally the defenders to fight to the death.
• Cai Lin cut down leading Dou Emperor attackers and joined the battle, entrusting Xiao Yi Xian with protecting Little Xue Yan.
• Cai Lin challenged Shi Tian to fight, and Shi Tian accepted while boasting that he intended to claim her.

Ning Luo returned to the besieged city, rescued Little Xue Yan, and reunited with Cai Lin as the Flame Alliance faced the Lion Nether Sect and Soul Hall. With powerful reinforcements arriving, he confronted Nine Heavens Venerable while the Hu Family Three Elders offered to fight the other Soul Hall experts.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin struggled to defend the city wall as the Lion Nether Sect sent Dou Zun experts into battle.
• A thin old man seized Little Xue Yan, but Ning Luo appeared, killed him, and rescued her.
• Little Xue Yan recognized Ning Luo as her father, and Ning Luo reunited with Cai Lin before defeating Shi Tian with one palm strike.
• Ning Luo called out Nine Heavens Venerable, who appeared with three eight-star Dou Zun Soul Hall experts.
• The Hu Family Three Elders challenged Nine Heavens Venerable and offered to fight the other three experts while Ning Luo faced him.

Ning Luo defeated Nine Heavens Venerable, but Fourth Heavenly Venerable Blood River arrived and slaughtered fighters on both sides with his blood manipulation. Ning Luo faced Blood River as the latter’s Blood Dissolving Great Law began to make the blood in Ning Luo’s body churn uncontrollably.

• The Hu Family Three Elders fought three black-robed Soul Hall elders while Ning Luo confronted Nine Heavens Venerable.
• Ning Luo overpowered Nine Heavens Venerable and trapped him in a black ring of light, but Nine Heavens Venerable cut off his arm to escape before Ning Luo killed him.
• Fourth Heavenly Venerable Blood River appeared and unleashed a blood attack that caused fighters to explode, including Shi Tian.
• Cai Lin ordered the Flame Alliance troops to retreat into Profound Yellow Fortress as Hai Bodong feared the fortress would become a river of blood.
• Blood River approached Ning Luo and used the Blood Dissolving Great Law, causing Ning Luo’s blood to churn inside his body.

Ning Luo battled Fourth Heavenly Venerable, using his flame techniques to grievously injure him. Fourth Heavenly Venerable escaped through a spatial black hole, and Ning Luo concluded that the Luo Alliance's crisis had been resolved.

• Ning Luo traded punches with Fourth Heavenly Venerable and shrugged off his attacks, while Fourth Heavenly Venerable was driven back.
• Fourth Heavenly Venerable used the Great Blood Devouring Technique to absorb blood and increase his power.
• Ning Luo summoned five flames, formed the Five-Ring Separation Fire Disk, and combined his attacks against Fourth Heavenly Venerable.
• Ning Luo struck Fourth Heavenly Venerable with a flame pillar in the ravine, leaving him severely burned.
• Fourth Heavenly Venerable crushed a jade slip and escaped through a spatial black hole before Ning Luo could finish him.

Ning Luo returned to the Luo Alliance and reunited with Cai Lin and their daughter, Little Xue Yan, whose bond with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python gave her access to Dou Zong strength. He challenged the Pill Hall’s arrogance and summoned its alchemists, but the next morning its two troublesome seventh-grade alchemists were absent.

• Ning Luo returned to Profound Yellow Fortress, where the Luo Alliance cheered his arrival, and he reunited with Cai Lin and Little Xue Yan.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python emerged from Little Xue Yan, and Cai Lin explained that its power let their daughter borrow Dou Zong strength.
• Ning Luo told Gu He about the Eighth-Grade First Origin Pill and said he would visit the Pill Hall the next day.
• Cai Lin warned Ning Luo that two seventh-grade alchemists, Liu Chang and Wu Zhen, had secretly sold Pill Hall medicines and acted arrogantly.
• Liu Chang complained to other alchemists that Ning Luo was interfering in the Pill Hall, while Gu He and Fa Ma gathered hundreds of alchemists the next morning and noticed Liu Chang and Wu Zhen were missing.

Ning Luo began refining a pill before the Luo Alliance and used the gathering to expose corruption and disorder in the Pill Hall. Liu Chang and Wu Zhen tried to flee rather than face punishment, but Ning Luo captured them and they begged for mercy.

• Ning Luo arrived at the plaza and began refining a pill as Liu Chang and Wu Zhen watched with growing unease.
• After nearly eight days, five-colored thunderclouds formed above Ning Luo as his pill refinement neared its conclusion.
• Ning Luo accused members of the Pill Hall of harming the Alliance, and Cai Lin read out a list of their crimes.
• Liu Chang and Wu Zhen tried to leave, but Ning Luo declared that Alliance rules applied and Cai Lin ordered their arrest.
• Liu Chang and Wu Zhen fled when Luo Alliance experts approached, but Ning Luo froze them in space, hurled them to the ground, and left them begging for mercy.

Ning Luo tightened the Luo Alliance’s control over the Pill Hall, rewarded its alchemists, and connected its stronghold to Starfall Pavilion with a secret Space Wormhole. He then brought Cai Lin and Xue Yan to Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao learned that Xue Yan was Ning Luo’s daughter.

• Ning Luo had the Pill Hall traitors seized and offered its alchemists an Ancient soul-training technique in exchange for contributions.
• After resting at Profound Yellow Fortress, Ning Luo gave Xue Yan an Eighth-Grade Pill and shared a tender moment with Cai Lin.
• Ning Luo activated a Space Wormhole between Profound Yellow Fortress and Starfall Pavilion, keeping the route secret from the public.
• Ning Luo arranged to leave for Starfall Pavilion with Cai Lin and Xue Yan, hoping Xue Yan could cultivate under Yao Lao’s guidance.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Lao met Xue Yan and learned from Ning Luo that she was his daughter.

Ning Luo and Yao Lao prepared to attend the Space Trading Convention, hoping to obtain the final Fragmented Map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. They entered Space Town and began browsing its rare wares among the gathered experts.

• Yao Lao told Ning Luo that Soul Hall had suffered heavy losses and that wars had erupted on other continents, possibly connected to its schemes.
• Yao Lao urged Ning Luo to obtain the last Fragmented Map for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame at the upcoming Space Trading Convention.
• After recovering from their preparations, Ning Luo, Yao Lao, and their companions traveled to the desert and entered the independent space of the convention.
• Yao Lao warned the group to avoid provoking the powerful experts gathered in Space Town.
• Ning Luo and his companions browsed the town's stalls, where rare techniques, pills, and other treasures were displayed.

Ning Luo and his companions attended the Space Trading Convention, where Cai Lin revealed that their purchase of a Seven-Colored Raw Stone was actually an Eight-Colored Raw Stone. After reaching the convention hall, they watched Old Man Baoshan begin the auction, and the first item, Demon Phoenix Wings, was exchanged for an Eighth-Grade Pill.

• Ning Luo recognized the Seven-Colored Raw Stone, and Cai Lin urged him to buy it for two Eighth-Grade Pills.
• Cai Lin used her blood to reveal an eighth colored pattern on the raw stone, while a faint ninth pattern appeared unnoticed as she stored it.
• Yao Lao led Ning Luo, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian into the Space Trading Convention using a red jade invitation.
• Old Man Baoshan opened the convention and announced the first auction item, the Demon Phoenix Wings.
• A cloaked bidder traded an Eighth-Grade Pill with four-colored Pill Lightning for the Demon Phoenix Wings.

Ning Luo watched the trade fair auction the Diamond Glazed Body and a Fragmented Map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which Yao Lao won with eight pills bearing eight-colored Pill Lightning. Old Man Baoshan then announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared again, and the hall demanded to know where it was.

• Old Man Baoshan offered the Diamond Glazed Body, and a Black-Robed Person acquired it by exchanging a water-element cultivation method.
• Old Man Baoshan presented a Fragmented Map said to be related to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and invited bids of high-quality pills.
• Yao Lao outbid a black-robed bidder with eight pills bearing eight-colored Pill Lightning and obtained the Fragmented Map.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared again after ten thousand years, stunning the hall with its power to help someone become a Saint.
• An attendee asked Old Man Baoshan where the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared, and everyone in the hall focused on his answer.

After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, Yao Lao and Ning Luo’s group confronted the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts over an Ancient Map. The battle turned against the demons, but Human Scorpion trapped Xiao Yi Xian and reached to seize her.

• Old Man Baoshan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and ended the Space Trading Convention.
• Yao Lao told Ning Luo about the Cloud Rain Sect, then recognized the approaching Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and demanded their Ancient Map.
• Yao Lao fought Heavenly Scorpion while Human Scorpion attacked Ning Luo’s group and lusted after Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Cai Lin transformed into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, Xiao Yi Xian activated her Poison Body of Calamity, and Ning Luo dodged Human Scorpion’s attack with his speed.
• After the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts were driven back, Human Scorpion trapped Xiao Yi Xian in solidified space and reached to grab her.

Ning Luo and his allies defeated the Scorpion brothers, then recovered the final Fragmented Map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After assembling every piece, they tried Yao Lao’s suggestion to activate the Ancient Map with Ning Luo’s blood, but nothing happened.

• Ning Luo rescued Xiao Yi Xian and detonated his four-and-a-half-colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, apparently killing Human Scorpion.
• Yao Lao killed Earth Scorpion as Heavenly Scorpion and Earth Scorpion tried to flee, while Ning Luo searched their Rings of Holding.
• Ning Luo found the Diamond Glazed Body and the final Fragmented Map, and declared that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would eventually be his.
• Ning Luo assembled all the Ancient Map fragments into a complete map while Yao Lao sealed the area around them.
• At Yao Lao’s suggestion, Ning Luo dripped blood onto the Ancient Map, but it showed no reaction.

Ning Luo discovered that the ancient map revealed a prophecy about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and learned that it was linked to the Nether Flame Demon Saint. After returning to Starfall Pavilion, he entered seclusion to cultivate the Heaven Tier Diamond Glazed Body before venturing into the Vast Desolate Ancient Region for the Bodhi Heart.

• Ning Luo burned the ancient map with Heavenly Flame, revealing a prophecy that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend during a celestial event three years later.
• The map’s demonic lotus pattern shot into Ning Luo’s brow, and he received the words “Nether Flame Demon Saint.”
• Yao Lao identified the Nether Flame Demon Saint as a legendary figure from ten thousand years ago who had come closest to becoming a Dou Di.
• Ning Luo and his companions returned to Starfall Pavilion as news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree spread across the Central Plains.
• Ning Luo entered seclusion and began studying the Heaven Tier combat skill Diamond Glazed Body.

Ning Luo cultivated the Diamond Glazed Body and learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region. He joined Yao Lao, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin on the journey, and the group cautiously followed other factions into the forbidden land.

• Ning Luo repeatedly expanded and shrank his body while cultivating the Diamond Glazed Body, spitting blood until his injuries gradually eased.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance was confirmed, and Ning Luo emerged from his cultivation chamber in a golden form nearly eight zhang tall.
• Yao Lao told Ning Luo that factions had already entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, so Ning Luo decided to leave at once.
• Ning Luo and his companions waited for more than half the gathered experts to enter the region before following them from a distance.
• Ning Luo grew wary of the unusually peaceful journey and slowed the group as they traveled deeper into the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

Ning Luo and his companions crossed the poisonous miasma of the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and learned that the Tianming Sect was nearby. He then discovered that Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran’s Flower Sect group were fleeing the Tianming Sect, and Yun Yun abruptly stopped as danger approached.

• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that the poisonous miasma was made of insects, and Ning Luo burned them from his body with Heavenly Flames.
• Ning Luo used Heavenly Flames to clear a safe path through the miasma, then led Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian deeper into the ancient region.
• Elder Qingcheng reported that he had encountered the Tianming Sect and overheard them discussing the Flower Sect.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran fled with the Flower Sect elders after the Tianming Sect’s ambush killed Elder Qinghua during a fight with a ferocious beast.
• Yun Yun promised to protect Nalan Yanran, then abruptly halted and pulled her backward.

Ning Luo and Cai Lin arrived as Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran were cornered by the Tianming Sect, rescuing them from the attack. Yun Yun agreed to travel with Ning Luo’s group toward the Ancient Domain Stage, where the other factions were gathering.

• Liu Cang ordered the Tianming Sect to capture Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran and kill the others, while Demonic Flower Evil Lord attacked Yun Yun.
• Ning Luo arrived in a golden giant form, killed Demonic Flower Evil Lord with one punch, and struck Liu Cang back before confronting the Tianming Sect forces.
• Yun Yun recognized Cai Lin as Queen Medusa and then realized that the golden giant was Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo gave Yun Yun medicine, and she instructed Nalan Yanran to distribute the remaining pills to the injured elders.
• Yun Yun explained that the groups were nearing the Ancient Domain Stage, and she agreed to travel there with Ning Luo’s group.

Ning Luo led his companions to confront the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, hoping to use it for his own purposes. With Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and the others suppressing the beast, Qing Lin opened the demonic pupil within her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, freezing it as Ning Luo warned everyone to retreat.

• Ning Luo chose to seek out the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python after Yun Yun warned that it guarded the western route.
• Ning Luo and his companions spotted Feng Qing'er of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan flying through the sky, then headed toward the black mountain where the python lived.
• Ning Luo, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and the others attacked and worked together to restrain the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.
• Ning Luo turned the python toward Qing Lin so her Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could weaken its savagery.
• Qing Lin summoned the Nine-Headed Sky Snake and opened the demonic pupil within her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, freezing the python as Ning Luo released it and ordered everyone to retreat.

Qing Lin subdued the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, allowing Ning Luo and his companions to claim its Heavenly Demon Blood Pool. After absorbing much of the pool’s energy, Ning Luo broke through to the Diamond Glazed Body and led the group toward the Ancient Domain Stage, where many factions were gathering.

• Qing Lin used her snake-eye power, with Cai Lin’s soul suppression aiding her, to control the weakened Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.
• Ning Luo found the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool and entered it while Qing Lin kept the Python guarding the area.
• Ning Luo endured the pool’s corrosive energy with the help of his Heavenly Flames and absorbed its energy for two days.
• Ning Luo broke through to the Diamond Glazed Body, then learned that groups of experts were heading toward the Ancient Domain Stage.
• Ning Luo’s group set out for the Ancient Domain Stage on the Python and put it away before reaching the area to avoid attracting attention.

Ning Luo reached the plaza to seek Xun'er, but Feng Qing'er challenged him over their past conflict. He defeated her with a single slap, leaving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the watching experts stunned.

• Ning Luo and his companions arrived at the plaza, where he looked for Xun'er and headed toward the Gu Clan's group.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Ning Luo and ordered him off the stone platform, then attacked when he ignored her.
• A multicolored-eyed Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan expert demanded that Ning Luo fight Feng Qing'er alone, and Ning Luo accepted.
• Feng Qing'er summoned a Heavenly Phoenix phantom and attacked Ning Luo, but he emerged unharmed and appeared in front of her.
• Ning Luo slapped Feng Qing'er unconscious and sent her flying across the platform.