Chapter Summaries

Soul's Lament learned that the Xiao Clan remnant was heading for the Fallen God Abyss and slaughtered Ice Glaze City's inhabitants while seeking an Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus. In the Fallen God Ice Plain, Xiao Ming found Hu Yu being attacked by the Glass Snake Tribe over the lotus and recognized a related treasure.

• Soul's Lament captured Ice Spirit Child and learned about the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus and the Xiao Clan remnant's destination.
• Soul's Lament broke through Ice Glaze City's formation with the Soul Absorption Technique, killed the city's inhabitants, and set out for Wind Snow Holy Hall.
• Xiao Ming traveled through the Fallen God Ice Plain and sensed a battle between Dou Zun experts.
• Hu Yu fought off the Glass Snake Tribe, whose leader revealed their plan to capture her and seize the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus.
• Xiao Ming heard about the lotus and recalled the Twelve Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus Seed.

Xiao Ming intervened as the Glass Snake Tribe overwhelmed Hu Yu, the Nine-Tailed Ice Fox Tribe’s Saintess, and learned that powerful Dou Shengs guarded both sides. He left the Glass Snake Tribe’s experts subdued and discovered that their conflict centered on the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus, a rare ingredient related to the pill he hoped to refine.

• Xiao Ming saw Hu Yu nearing defeat and released a powerful aura that forced the Glass Snake Tribe experts to their knees.
• Xue Leng asked Xiao Ming not to interfere, while Hu Yu pleaded for his help and identified herself as the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint’s direct descendant.
• Xiao Ming appeared before Hu Yu and confirmed that her ancestor was a Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ming revealed that he knew a Half-Saint was hiding nearby, and a white-haired Glass Snake Tribe elder emerged from the void.
• The elder said the Glass Snake Tribe’s Supreme Elder was also a Dou Sheng, and Xiao Ming connected the powerful factions’ presence to the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus.

Xiao Ming rescued Hu Yu from the Glass Snake Tribe and learned that the Wind Snow Holy Hall would offer Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus seeds at its upcoming Sacrifice of Wind and Snow. He accompanied her to the Holy Hall to inquire about Twelfth Grade seeds, where the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint welcomed him and revealed Hu Yu’s rare status within her tribe.

• Xiao Ming drove off the Glass Snake Tribe and protected Hu Yu, then asked her about the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus.
• Hu Yu explained that the Wind Snow Holy Hall would offer its Eleventh Grade lotus seeds as a reward during the Sacrifice of Wind and Snow.
• Xiao Ming asked whether the Holy Hall possessed Twelfth Grade lotus seeds and arranged to visit it with Hu Yu.
• Hu Yu led Xiao Ming to the Wind Snow Holy Hall, where the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint thanked him for bringing her back safely.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint revealed that Hu Yu was a rare Nine-Tailed clanswoman, and Xiao Ming learned that the Saint himself had only eight tails.

Xiao Ming learned that the Wind Snow Holy Hall had an Eleventh Grade Three Lives Conjoined Lotus and sought to trade for its three central seeds. The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint offered one seed and suggested Xiao Ming negotiate with the other races, but an intruder demanded the lotus before they could proceed.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint asked Xiao Ming about his origins, and Xiao Ming revealed he led the Heavenly Court Alliance, earning the Fox Saint's respect.
• The Fox Saint said the Wind Snow Holy Hall lacked Twelfth Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus Seeds but possessed an Eleventh Grade Three Lives Conjoined Lotus.
• Xiao Ming asked to trade for the lotus's three central seeds and offered to fulfill any condition, claiming he could refine Ninth Grade Treasure Pills.
• The Fox Saint agreed to give Xiao Ming one central seed as thanks for saving Hu Yu, but said the other seeds required approval from the Holy Hall's other races.
• The Fox Saint advised Xiao Ming to negotiate during the Sacrifice of Wind and Snow, when a loud voice demanded the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus.

Soul's Lament attacked the Wind Snow Holy Hall to claim its supposed Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus, overwhelming its defenders with a Soul Gu Frog. The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint confronted him, and their fierce battle began as Soul's Lament secretly targeted his vital points.

• Soul's Lament unleashed the Heavenly Demon Blood Gu and shattered the Wind Snow Holy Hall experts' Thousand Man Ice Crystal Shield.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint intervened to protect the fallen defenders, and Soul's Lament's blood streaks gathered into a Soul Gu Frog.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint recognized Soul's Lament as a Four Star Dou Sheng and demanded to know why he had attacked.
• Soul's Lament demanded the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus, while the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint denied that the Wind Snow Holy Hall possessed it.
• Soul's Lament ordered the Soul Gu Frog to attack the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint, then joined the battle with secret strikes aimed at his vital points.

The Wind Snow Holy Hall activated its protective formation to empower the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint against Soul's Lament, but Xiao Ming warned that the boost would not secure a lasting victory. After waiting for Soul's Lament to tire, Xiao Ming ambushed him and tore out his heart, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint struggled against Soul's Lament and the Soul Gu Frog until Xiong Ba ordered the Wind Snow Holy Hall's protective formation activated.
• The formation boosted the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint to mid-stage Four-star Dou Sheng, allowing him to fight Soul's Lament evenly.
• Xiao Ming warned Hu Yu and the elders that the formation could not be reused soon and Soul's Lament might return if he escaped.
• Xiong Ba asked Xiao Ming to help, and Xiao Ming agreed but waited for Soul's Lament to expend his strength.
• After half a day of fighting, Xiao Ming spotted a flaw, appeared behind Soul's Lament, broke through his Bone Chains, and pulled his heart from his back.

Xiao Ming killed Soul's Lament after ambushing him at the Wind Snow Holy Hall, then the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint proposed giving Xiao Ming all three remaining lotus seeds. The Wind Snow Holy Hall's leaders were left to consider the generous reward.

• Xiao Ming tore out Soul's Lament's heart, while the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint sealed the surrounding space.
• Soul's Lament self-destructed, but Xiao Ming swallowed the resulting energy storm with a spatial rift and destroyed his escaping remnant with white flame.
• The Wind Snow Holy Hall's leaders thanked Xiao Ming, and the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint acknowledged that he had saved them and previously rescued Hu Yu from the Glass Snake Tribe.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint proposed giving Xiao Ming the other three lotus seeds, leaving Xiong Ba and the others speechless.

Xiao Ming secured the Three Lives Conjoined lotus seeds from the Wind Snow Holy Hall and proposed that it join the Heavenly Court to resist the Soul Clan. After leaving, he began searching the Fallen God Abyss for spiritual treasures and found that enlisting local Magical Beasts made the search more effective.

• Xiao Ming offered to refine three Ninth Grade Treasure Pills, and Xiong Ba and the others agreed to give him the three Core Lotus Seeds.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint took Xiao Ming to the Wind Snow Holy Hall’s Small World, gave him the three lotus seeds, and kept another seed as a reward for Hu Yu.
• Xiao Ming warned the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint that the Soul Clan could return and proposed that the Wind Snow Holy Hall join the Heavenly Court; the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint said he would consider it.
• Xiao Ming left the Wind Snow Holy Hall and searched the Fallen God Abyss, first finding nothing with his Soul Power and then recruiting local Magical Beasts to help.

Xiao Ming investigated a glacier in the Fallen Abyss and found Nai Qiong Divine Ice encasing a dead Dou Sheng-class Ice Scorpion Dragon Beast. After removing the dangerous Transformation Realm Crystal Silkworm, he collected the divine ice and emerged from the glacier with it.

• Xiao Ming followed the scorpion-patterned men’s directions to a glacier and warned them to wait for his return.
• Xiao Ming opened a passage into the glacier, followed a stream of intensely cold water, and sensed a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object nearby.
• Xiao Ming found Nai Qiong Divine Ice surrounding a dead Ice Scorpion Dragon Beast and stored the beast in his Na Ring.
• Xiao Ming discovered the Transformation Realm Crystal Silkworm inside the divine ice, killed it with Soul Power, and stored its corpse.
• Xiao Ming collected the Nai Qiong Divine Ice and emerged from the glacier as the men gathered around him.

Xiao Ming and Ling devoured and refined the Nai Qiong Divine Ice, giving Xiao Ming enough energy to attempt a breakthrough to Two Star Dou Sheng. His breakthrough drew the attention of nearby experts, who watched but did not attack.

• Xiao Ming helped Ling overcome the Nai Qiong Divine Ice and swallowed her to refine it with the Spirit Nourishing Technique.
• Xiao Ming circulated the energy released by Ling through his body and the Fallen Heart Flame, steadily increasing his Aura.
• Xiao Ming sensed his accumulated Dou Qi had reached a threshold and began breaking through to Two Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ming absorbed a massive energy storm, causing his Cave Mansion to collapse as nearby experts gathered to observe.
• Elders from the Ice Dragon Scorpion Tribe and Fire Toad Palace considered attacking Xiao Ming but held back.

After advancing to Two Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Ming confronted the Ice Dragon Scorpion Tribe and Fire Toad Palace experts who had considered ambushing him. He accepted their apology gifts, including the Yin Yang Twin Flame, then let them leave and set off through space.

• Xiao Ming completed his breakthrough to Two Star Dou Sheng and sensed the malice the gathered experts had harbored toward him.
• Xiao Ming rebuked the Ice Dragon Scorpion Tribe and Fire Toad Palace experts, who denied intending to attack and offered gifts to appease him.
• The Ice Dragon Scorpion Tribe offered Xiao Ming the sealed Yin Yang Twin Flame and explained that it had been found in a meteorite at the Fallen God Ice Plain.
• Xiao Ming accepted the gifts, unsealed the weak Heavenly Flame, and swallowed it.
• Xiao Ming allowed the experts to leave, used the sun to orient himself, and slashed open space to continue on his way.

Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Hall of Souls branch hidden in Soulfall Mountain Range and overwhelmed its forces with her Woeful Poison Qi and spatial power. After defeating the branch’s Advanced Ban Sheng guardian, she collected a glowing sphere and left.

• Xiao Yi Xian sealed off the Hall of Souls branch with a Space Barrier before entering its hidden domain.
• A group of Hall of Souls members attempted to leave on a soul-gathering mission, but Xiao Yi Xian crushed them with collapsing space.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered the branch and poisoned the Hall of Souls figures who attacked her.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed more than a dozen Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerables by crushing them with spatial pressure.
• The branch’s Advanced Ban Sheng guardian attacked Xiao Yi Xian with a massive chain, and they fought for half an hour.
• Xiao Yi Xian put away a glowing sphere and left the branch.

Xiao Ming refined the Yin Yang Twin Flame and traveled through the Wind Snow Holy Hall’s Spatial Wormhole to Holy Pill City. He arrived at the Heavenly Court’s fortified headquarters, where its elders and disciples recognized him as their Alliance Leader.

• Xiao Ming refined the Yin Yang Twin Flame, bringing his total to six Heavenly Flames and gaining its healing and destructive powers.
• Xiao Ming noticed the Wind Snow Holy Hall’s Spatial Wormhole and learned from its guards that the hall had recently joined the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Ming entered the wormhole and emerged in Holy Pill City, where Heavenly Court disciples drilled and the city’s defenses had grown stronger.
• Nearly ten Guest Elders tried to freeze Xiao Ming in place, but he broke through their spatial restraint and appeared behind them.
• A quick-witted elder recognized Xiao Ming as the Alliance Leader, and the Guest Elders and Enforcement Team disciples reacted with surprise and admiration.

Xiao Ming returned to Holy Pill City and revealed that he had reached Two Star Dou Sheng, then learned that the Hall of Souls was expanding its conquests across the continent to gather Soul Bodies. The Heavenly Court had avoided a large-scale war so far, but the Hall of Souls’ campaigns were bringing devastation to the other regions.

• Xuan Kongzi greeted Xiao Ming and marveled when Xiao Ming revealed he had reached Two Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ming and Xuan Kongzi went to the Pill Tower headquarters to discuss the Hall of Souls and the Heavenly Court’s strength.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Heavenly Court had four Dou Shengs and more than twenty Half-Saints among its members.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ming that the Hall of Souls was supporting sects across the continent and conquering regions to collect Soul Bodies.

Xiao Ming agreed to counter the Hall of Souls by expanding the Heavenly Court’s influence across the other continents and disrupting its collection of Soul Bodies. After building four Spatial Wormholes, he sent Half-Saints and other experts to establish branch courts, leaving them to begin their journey.

• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ming that the Hall of Souls was provoking wars beyond the Central Plains to gather Soul Bodies, and Xiao Ming agreed to intervene.
• Xiao Ming ordered Half-Saints to oversee each continent, with Dou Zuns and local experts supporting them, and decided to construct Spatial Wormholes.
• Several days later, Xiao Ming completed four Spatial Wormholes and summoned Xuan Kongzi and more than fifty experts.
• Xiao Ming promised pills as rewards for stabilizing the regions, including Grade 8 Pills for Half-Saints and a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill for outstanding contributions.
• Xiao Ming gave four Half-Saints Wormhole Scrolls to establish permanent connections, and they entered the Spatial Wormholes.

Xiao Ming learned that a Dou Zun in secluded cultivation held the final Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, then obtained it in Holy Pill City. After assembling and burning all the maps with his Heavenly Flames, he revealed the prophecy of the Demonic Flame’s descent and absorbed the map’s Demonic Lotus pattern into his forehead.

• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ming that a Dou Zun had contacted the Pill Tower about the final Fragment Map and would come to Holy Pill City.
• Xiao Ming stayed in Holy Pill City, guiding Ye Xinlan and other disciples while he waited for the map’s owner.
• Xiao Ming obtained the final Fragment Map from the Dou Zun in exchange for an Eight-grade Nine-color medicinal pill.
• Xiao Ming assembled the Fragment Maps and burned them with his Heavenly Flames, revealing the words “Two Moons Appearing Together, Nine Stars as One, Heaven and Earth Tide, Demonic Flame Descends.”
• Xiao Ming touched the ancient map, and its Demonic Lotus pattern transformed into a streak of lightning and entered his forehead.

Xiao Ming received the Purifying Demonic Saint’s remnant image and reflected on the path to becoming a Dou Di before traveling to the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe’s headquarters. He quietly entered the depths of the Nether Snake Earth Meridian, approaching the Nine Serene Yellow Springs without alerting the tribe’s experts.

• Xiao Ming inspected the light inside his brow, but the Purifying Demonic Saint’s remnant image passed through his soul defense and entered his soul.
• Xiao Ming considered the lack of Origin Qi, his own chance to become a Dou Di, and the need to grow stronger against Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Ming left Holy Pill City at dawn and reached the Beast Region in half a day.
• Xiao Ming bypassed the defenses at the Nine Serene Abyss and traveled through the Underground World to the Nether Snake Earth Meridian.
• Xiao Ming used spatial power to evade the tribe’s experts and entered the depths of the Nether Snake Earth Meridian undetected.

Xiao Ming descended into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to find Yao Ming, the imprisoned former Clan Leader of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe. After fighting off the lake’s Strange Serpents, he reached the bottom and heard a faint plea for help.

• Xiao Ming entered the Dark Abyss and descended to the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Ming tested the lake’s freezing Yin Cold force, then surrounded himself with Heavenly Flames and plunged into the water.
• Xiao Ming fought off the Strange Serpents with his flames and continued toward the lakebed.
• Xiao Ming reached the bottom of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and heard someone faintly calling for help.

Xiao Ming found and freed Yao Ming, the imprisoned former Clan Leader of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe, after placing a Soul Seal on him and claiming a Yellow Springs Blood Crystal. As Yao Xiaotian confronted them at the lake, Xiao Ming stood between the brothers, leaving their conflict on the verge of a fight.

• Xiao Ming uncovered Yao Ming beneath the silt, learned that Yao Xiaotian had usurped his position and imprisoned him, and agreed to help him in exchange for a Soul Seal.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Ming a Yellow Springs Blood Crystal, and Xiao Ming destroyed the mountains anchoring the chains that drained Yao Ming's strength.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed the seal had broken, left his palace, and headed out to confront his elder brother.
• Xiao Ming gave Yao Ming pills, carried him through the lake, and blocked Yao Xiaotian's attack as they surfaced.
• Yao Xiaotian demanded that Xiao Ming hand over Yao Ming and threatened consequences if he refused.

Xiao Ming overwhelmed Yao Xiaotian and defeated the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe’s Great Elder when the tribe mobilized against him. Yao Ming revealed the lost Nine Serene Nether Staff, leaving the tribe’s elders to recognize him and reconsider their allegiance.

• Yao Xiaotian attacked Xiao Ming with the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Great Seal, but Xiao Ming broke through both and battered him into a bloody, half-dead state.
• The Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe’s Great Elder summoned the elders and Nether Snake Guard to surround Xiao Ming and form the Myriad Snake Great Battle.
• Yao Ming appeared before the tribe and tried to stop the impending battle, prompting the elders to question how he could still be alive.
• The Great Elder accused Yao Ming of being an impostor and attacked him, but Xiao Ming struck the Great Elder down with his Divine Consciousness Gaze and a kick.
• Yao Ming showed the elders the lost Nine Serene Nether Staff, which they recognized as the Clan Leader’s token and a vessel of pure Nine Serene Royal Bloodline.