Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo joined the gathered experts as they set out for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which lay beyond a massive beast tide in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region. The force broke into the tide, but powerful beasts began to penetrate their ranks and casualties followed.

• Ning Luo rejected the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s hostility after Feng Qing'er’s attack, and the multicolored-eyed man said he would face Ning Luo personally next time.
• Xun'er told Ning Luo that an army of ferocious beasts blocked the way to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and warned him about Hun Yu, a powerful Soul Clan heir with a Divine Bloodline.
• Ning Luo and his group joined the gathering experts as Hun Yu led the force north from the plaza.
• The force reached the beast tide, formed an arrowhead with Hun Yu at its tip, and charged into the beasts.
• The experts fought through the tide, but powerful beasts broke into their formation and casualties began to mount.

Ning Luo and the others escaped the beast tide after Hun Yu abandoned the procession, then reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree. They found Hun Yu's group waiting near the tree, while Ning Luo felt an uneasy foreboding.

• Ning Luo and Xun'er recognized that Hun Yu had used the procession as fodder, then followed him and the other groups when they broke away from the beast tide.
• Ning Luo and Gu Qingyang led their group through the beasts in formation while Xun'er, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others guarded the rear.
• Ning Luo and his companions spotted the Bodhi Ancient Tree and hurried toward it after Hun Yu's group disappeared ahead.
• Ning Luo's group reached the tree and found Hun Yu and his companions waiting there.
• Ning Luo marveled at the tree's immense size and vitality but sensed something was wrong.

Ning Luo and the others faced five Half-Saint puppets guarding the Bodhi Heart beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After Ning Luo’s group destroyed one puppet and recovered, Hun Yu killed the Soul Clan’s puppet, while the tree’s deeper dangers remained unknown.

• Hun Yu warned Ning Luo and the others that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had caused even a Half-Saint ancestor to disappear.
• Qing Lin sensed a cold, negative aura within the tree, and the group spotted the Bodhi Heart before five Half-Saint puppets emerged.
• Ning Luo led his group in attacking one puppet while Hun Yu and the Soul Clan fighters engaged another.
• Ning Luo, Xun’er, Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Cai Lin struck the puppet’s head and destroyed it.
• Ning Luo gave his group pills and stood guard as they recovered, choosing not to help the other battles.
• Hun Yu shattered the head of the Soul Clan’s Half-Saint puppet.

Ning Luo entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and experienced an illusion in which he wielded immense power, then witnessed the tree’s ancient battle involving two Dou Di experts. He learned that black Qi had invaded the tree, while Xun'er, Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and the others remained trapped in their own illusions.

• Jiu Feng and the other groups defeated the Half-Saint puppets at heavy cost, then headed toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Ning Luo’s group.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped everyone in light, stripped away their Dou Qi, and drew them inside, leaving Nalan Yanran outside.
• Ning Luo emerged alone in a white world, entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, and annihilated a horde of ferocious beasts with a palm strike.
• Ning Luo realized the Bodhi Ancient Tree had trapped him in an illusion and saw that Xun'er, Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and the others were also confined in separate visions.
• Ning Luo witnessed a black-robed Dou Di battle the Bodhi Ancient Tree before a second Dou Di’s attack destroyed him and the surrounding world.
• Ning Luo saw black Qi enter the Bodhi Ancient Tree, absorbed the information the tree sent into his mind, and gained a measure of understanding.

Ning Luo refined the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Bodhi Seeds to dispel its negative energy and received the tree’s help recovering his Dou Qi. As he entered the tree, Hun Yu and Jiu Feng tried to attack it, but its force repelled them and left them badly injured.

• Ning Luo agreed to help the Bodhi Ancient Tree remove its negative energy by refining its Bodhi Seeds.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Ning Luo a cushion that restored and replenished his Dou Qi as he refined the Seeds into clear energy for the tree.
• Xun'er and the others saw Ning Luo inside the tree, and Gu Qingyang stopped Xun'er from interfering while she recalled the legend of enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree.
• Hun Yu and Jiu Feng secretly agreed to attack the Bodhi Ancient Tree, hoping to seize the opportunity for themselves.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree rebounded Hun Yu and Jiu Feng's strikes, shattering their defenses and sending them flying while they spat blood.

After awakening from a month of cultivation inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Ning Luo emerged with Bodhi Seeds and shared them with Xun'er, Cai Lin, Gu Qingyang, and others. Hun Yu and Jiu Feng demanded eight seeds, and when Ning Luo refused, the Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan surrounded him and his allies.

• Xun'er and Cai Lin kept watch over Hun Yu and Jiu Feng while Ning Luo remained inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree for over a month.
• Ning Luo awakened, left the tree, and reassured Xun'er that he was fine.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released Bodhi Seeds, and Ning Luo distributed several to Xun'er, Cai Lin, Gu Qingyang, and the others.
• Jiu Feng accused Ning Luo of keeping all the seeds, and Hun Yu demanded eight for the Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Ning Luo refused, prompting the Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to surround him and his allies as Gu Qingyang warned Hun Yu against starting a war with the Gu Clan.

Ning Luo crushed Hun Yu’s attack and struck him down, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree vanished and the space trapped the gathered clans. Jiu Feng and Hun Yu summoned the Soul Clan elder Gu You, while Gu Qingyang’s attempt to open a spatial rift failed.

• Hun Yu attacked Ning Luo with the Soul Annihilation Palm, but Ning Luo shattered it with a casual strike.
• Ning Luo hit Hun Yu with a blazing hand, scattering his Dou Qi and sending him crashing away.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sank beneath the grasslands, and Ning Luo revealed the Bodhi Heart he had received.
• The space twisted shut around the group, and Jiu Feng used Hun Yu’s scroll to open a rift for Gu You.
• Gu You emerged from the rift and took interest in Ning Luo, while Gu Qingyang’s spatial scroll failed to open one.

Ning Luo, Xun'er, and the Gu Clan allies were trapped by Jiu Feng's sealed space as Saint Gu You attacked. Xun'er held Gu You off while Ning Luo formed and launched his Destruction Fire Lotus, which struck the Soul Hall elder's bone armor.

• Xun'er explained that Jiu Feng's Heavenly Phoenix phantom had sealed the space, preventing anyone from transmitting out.
• Gu You revealed that he was the Soul Hall's Second Heavenly Venerate and attacked Xun'er, who summoned the Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame to fight him.
• Xun'er used the Golden Emperor Heavenly Array to hold back Gu You and destroy the souls he unleashed, then retreated to Ning Luo after completing her task.
• Ning Luo formed a five-colored Destruction Fire Lotus and warned Xun'er and Gu Qingyang's group to move farther away.
• Ning Luo launched the Destruction Fire Lotus, which tore through space and struck Gu You's Myriad Soul Bone Armor, triggering a tremendous explosion.

Ning Luo’s Flame Lotus destroyed Gu You’s black skeleton, but Gu You nearly seized him before Yao Chen and Elder Tong Xuan arrived and forced the Soul Clan to retreat. After returning to Starfall Pavilion, Ning Luo gave Yao Lao Han Feng’s soul and remained determined to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to challenge the Soul Clan.

• Ning Luo’s Flame Lotus shattered Gu You’s bone armor and destroyed the black skeleton, though Gu You survived and attacked Ning Luo.
• Yao Chen arrived through a spatial rift, and Elder Tong Xuan joined him as Gu You confronted them.
• Gu You chose to retreat because the Gu Clan was present, then warned Ning Luo and Yao Chen that the Soul Clan would destroy Starfall Pavilion.
• Elder Tong Xuan escorted Xun’er and the others away, and Ning Luo’s group returned to Starfall Pavilion after leaving the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• After a week of rest, Ning Luo gave Yao Lao Han Feng’s soul in a Jade Bottle, and Yao Lao reacted with sorrow over his former disciple’s betrayal.

News that the Ling Clan had vanished without a trace sparked speculation across the Central Plains, while Yao Lao and Cai Lin prepared for the Nether River Alliance’s challenge. As the alliance arrived at Starfall Pavilion, the moss-covered stone door behind them showed a tiny crack.

• Experts discovered that the reopened Ling Clan space was empty, and the disappearance of its million inhabitants caused an uproar.
• Cai Lin gave Yao Lao a declaration of war from the Nether River Alliance, which challenged Starfall Pavilion to a battle in half a month.
• Yao Lao and Cai Lin agreed to prepare for the alliance’s suspicious challenge, while the stone door behind them quietly cracked.
• On the appointed day, Yao Lao and Cai Lin waited at Starfall Pavilion’s reception grounds as the Nether River Alliance entered the Star Realm.
• Yao Lao recognized the alliance’s leader, Old Demon Tian Ming, and remarked that he had not expected him to still be alive.

Starfall Pavilion refused Old Demon Tian Ming’s demand to withdraw, and the Nether River Alliance attacked with help from Gu You and the Third Heavenly Venerate of Soul Hall. Yao Lao fought Old Demon Tian Ming and Gu You but was gradually pushed onto the defensive as the battle spread across Starfall Pavilion.

• Yao Lao rejected Old Demon Tian Ming’s ultimatum and activated Starfall Pavilion’s formation around the Nether River Alliance forces.
• Old Demon Tian Ming summoned Gu You and another Half-Saint, revealing that their side had three Half-Saints in total.
• Old Demon Tian Ming ordered the attack, and Yao Lao engaged him and Gu You while the armies clashed below.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate of Soul Hall moved to attack Qing Lin, but she struck with seven-colored lightning; he then smashed a Dou Zun expert she controlled.
• Yao Lao exchanged powerful attacks with Old Demon Tian Ming and Gu You, but their combined assault left him at a disadvantage.

Ning Luo emerged from two years of seclusion as a Dou Saint and rescued Starfall Pavilion from the Nether River Alliance’s attack. After overpowering the enemy leaders, he trapped them and their fleeing forces in the destructive light of his black fire disc.

• Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Third Heavenly Venerate with Calamity Poisonous Energy, while Qing Lin tried to block his pursuit.
• Gu You and Old Demon Tian Ming struck Yao Lao from behind, leaving him badly wounded and crashing into the plaza.
• Ning Luo emerged from seclusion, revealed himself as a Dou Saint, and reassured the wounded Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Gu You, Old Demon Tian Ming, and the Third Heavenly Venerate joined forces against Ning Luo, but his Buddha's Fury: Reincarnation destroyed their attacks.
• Gu You and the other leaders fled with the Nether River Alliance forces, but Ning Luo's black pillar of light enveloped them and began breaking down their Dou Qi.

Ning Luo defeated Old Demon Tian Ming and the Tianming Sect, but a Soul Clan Dou Saint rescued Gu You before Ning Luo could kill him. With the Soul Hall still too powerful for the Starfall Pavilion to face alone, Ning Luo proposed forming an alliance, and Yao Lao revealed the Pill Tower’s hidden Lesser Pill Tower as a possible source of allies.

• Old Demon Tian Ming tried to surrender, then self-destructed when Ning Luo refused, but Ning Luo destroyed his escaping soul with the Flame Black Disc.
• A Soul Clan Dou Saint emerged through a spatial rift, overpowered Ning Luo’s attack, and pulled Gu You to safety while warning that Ning Luo would become the Soul Clan’s prisoner.
• Ning Luo ordered the Starfall Pavilion to tend to the wounded and clean up after the battle, then discussed the Soul Hall threat with Yao Lao.
• Ning Luo proposed forming an alliance because the Starfall Pavilion could not face the Soul Hall alone.
• Yao Lao explained that the Pill Tower’s true core was the Lesser Pill Tower, whose powerful members might help, though persuading them to join would be difficult.

Ning Luo and Yao Lao planned an alliance against Soul Hall and launched a devastating retaliation against Soul Hall’s allies. After Starfall Pavilion crushed numerous sects and approached the Han Family and Flower Sect, the chapter ended with the Flower Sect’s elders considering the alliance.

• Ning Luo, Yao Lao, and Cai Lin discussed recruiting Pill Tower, Flower Sect, and Fen Yan Valley, and Yao Lao described ways to win over the latter two.
• Ning Luo and Yao Lao led Starfall Pavilion’s counterattack, defeating the Nether River Alliance and killing Thunder Venerable at Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Three Starfall Pavilion elders arrived at the Han Family and offered to help it become the Northern Region’s new Wind Thunder Pavilion, startling Han Xue with Ning Luo’s name.
• Starfall Pavilion destroyed more than twenty sects over ten days as Ning Luo prepared to form a larger alliance against Soul Hall.
• At the Flower Sect, two hidden elders asked the sect’s Grand Elder what she thought of joining the alliance.

Yun Yun and Fen Yan Valley agreed to join Starfall Pavilion’s alliance against Soul Hall, and Ning Luo and Yao Lao sought the Pill Tower’s support. The Pill Tower’s leaders explained that an absent pill-form Ancestor normally decided such matters, leaving the alliance to face a difficult vote by the Grand Elder Council.

• Yun Yun approved the Flower Sect’s alliance against Soul Hall, and the other elders accepted her decision.
• Ancestor Huoyun agreed to Fen Yan Valley joining the alliance after initially rejecting the idea.
• Ning Luo was pleased to learn that the Flower Sect and Fen Yan Valley had agreed to ally with Starfall Pavilion.
• Ning Luo and Yao Lao went to the Pill Tower and asked Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the other leader to support the alliance.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Pill Tower’s Ancestor was a sentient Ninth-Grade Profound Pill who had disappeared, so the Grand Elder Council would decide the matter by vote.

Ning Luo agreed to compete against Old Freak Hou for a seat on the Grand Elder Council, hoping to secure support for the alliance. The selection began at Pill Tower Mountain, with Ning Luo among the participants.

• Xuan Kongzi reported that five elders supported the alliance, but Old Freak Hou was likely to gain a vote and oppose it.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others decided Ning Luo should challenge Old Freak Hou, and Ning Luo agreed to try refining a Ninth-Grade Pill.
• At the selection gathering, Old Freak Hou questioned Ning Luo's qualifications until Xuan Yi revealed Ning Luo had won the Pill Gathering with a pill that drew Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• The Grand Elder summoned the qualified participants and announced the selection's start.
• Ning Luo and the other participants brought out their medicinal cauldrons as the contest began.

Ning Luo concealed a pill inside a fire dragon while refining with a Bodhi Seed, confusing the watching alchemists and drawing Old Freak Hou’s scorn. As the competition continued, pill fluctuations finally emerged from the dragon, revealing Ning Luo’s unusual method of nurturing a pill.

• Ning Luo formed a purple-brown Fire Cauldron from flames and began refining with a Bodhi Seed and many medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Lao, Xuan Kongzi, and Xuan Yi wondered why Ning Luo seemed to be refining a Bodhi Pill instead of a Ninth-Grade Pill.
• After five days, seven-colored Pill Lightning appeared for another competitor, while Ning Luo’s Fire Cauldron remained quiet.
• Ning Luo predicted the clouds would produce nine-colored Pill Lightning, and Old Freak Hou mocked him when no pill could be sensed.
• Ning Luo stood up and used hand seals to expand the fire dragon inside the Fire Cauldron, revealing pill fluctuations concealed within it.

Ning Luo defeated the Ninth-Grade treasure pill and won the Lesser Pill Tower selection, earning an elder position and the support needed to advance his alliance proposal. The Grand Elder confirmed that the alliance vote would now favor Ning Luo, and the discussion continued in the tower’s hall.

• Black Demon Lightning destroyed the Heavenly Demon Puppet, but Ning Luo directly struck the lightning and survived the devastating clash.
• Ning Luo subdued the Ninth-Grade treasure pill and refined it into a round, emerald-green pill.
• The Grand Elder declared Ning Luo the selection’s victor because the Bodhi Great Return Pill surpassed Old Freak Hou’s Flame Demon Pure Profound Pill.
• The Grand Elder appointed Ning Luo an elder of the Lesser Pill Tower and invited him and Yao Chen to discuss the alliance.
• The Grand Elder said Ning Luo’s appointment gave the alliance supporters the advantage in the vote, and Ning Luo thanked him.

Ning Luo brought the Pill Tower, Starfall Pavilion, Fen Yan Valley, and the Flower Sect together to form the Heavenly Mansion alliance against the Soul Hall. The Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master appeared to threaten them, and Ning Luo answered with a vow to kill the Soul Hall and Soul Clan members.

• Ning Luo told the Pill Tower Grand Elder that the factions would form an alliance and invited him to Starfall Pavilion in three days.
• The Flower Sect, led by Fairy Qing and Fairy Hua, arrived at Starfall Pavilion, followed by Ancestor Huoyun, Tang Zhen, and Tang Huo'er from Fen Yan Valley.
• Ning Luo proposed an offensive and defensive alliance, and Yao Lao agreed to serve as its temporary leader.
• Ning Luo proposed naming the alliance Heavenly Mansion, and the gathered leaders accepted the name.
• The Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master appeared through distorted space and threatened the alliance, especially the Pill Tower, Flower Sect, and Fen Yan Valley.
• Ning Luo rejected the threats and vowed to kill the Soul Hall and Soul Clan members one by one.

Ning Luo completed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with four major factions, prompting the Soul Hall to threaten them. As the group prepared for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s arrival in nine months, Yao Lao urged Ning Luo and Cai Lin to visit the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring for crucial preparations.

• Ning Luo dismissed the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master’s threat, and the gathered factions agreed to announce their alliance and build Space Wormholes between their territories.
• News of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance spread across the Central Plains, where people recognized it as a force capable of challenging the Soul Hall.
• Yao Lao warned Ning Luo that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge in nine months and that no one had ever subdued it in its previous appearances.
• Yao Lao said the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring could help Cai Lin evolve and provide Ning Luo with what he needed to prepare the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill.
• Ning Luo asked whether the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring was controlled by the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan.