Chapter Summaries

Yao Ming reclaimed leadership of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe, killing Yao Tianxiao while Xiao Ming stopped the Great Elder from escaping. At dawn, Yao Ming brought Xiao Ming to the Yellow Springs Stone Stele, where Xiao Ming began probing it with his soul to seek the Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood.

• Yao Ming persuaded most of the tribe to submit, revealed he had reached Two Star Dou Sheng, and killed Yao Tianxiao, extracting his Magic Core.
• The Great Elder tried to escape by feigning self-destruction, but Xiao Ming crushed him with a vast palm print and handed his surviving Crimson Poison Snake form to Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming kept the Great Elder’s soul, returned his Magic Core to Xiao Ming, and ordered the elders to manage the tribe and remove Yao Tianxiao’s remaining loyalists.
• After the night’s upheaval settled, Yao Ming led Xiao Ming to the Yellow Springs Stone Stele and explained that it held Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood.
• Xiao Ming sent out his nearly corporeal Soul Body and collided with the Stone Stele as Yao Ming guarded him.

Xiao Ming entered the space inside the stone stele and faced the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s trial. After surviving Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, he received the Demon Saint’s techniques and essence blood as the Demon Saint’s remnant soul finally dissipated.

• Xiao Ming crossed the stele’s trials of thunder, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm to reach the divine hall.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint challenged Xiao Ming to withstand Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, warning that failure meant death.
• Xiao Ming used Silent World to shield his soul from the attack and survived, astonishing the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint passed Xiao Ming the methods for Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint gave Xiao Ming his essence blood, then dissipated as the divine hall and inner space collapsed.

Xiao Ming obtained the Demon Saint Essence Blood, helped the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe join the Heavenly Court, and used the blood to break through to Mid Three-Star Dou Sheng. After learning that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had attacked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, he traveled to Eastern Dragon Island to visit Zi Yan and investigate.

• Yao Ming failed to withstand the Stone Stele's soul impact and cultivate Yellow Springs Heaven's Wrath, while Xiao Ming took the Demon Saint Essence Blood and gave him a share.
• Xiao Ming asked Yao Ming to lead the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe into the Heavenly Court, and Yao Ming agreed.
• Xiao Ming refined part of the Demon Saint Essence Blood for over a month and broke through to Mid Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Ming told Xiao Ming that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had recruited the tribe and that Huang Tian and other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts had suffered grievous losses.
• Xiao Ming decided to visit Zi Yan on Ancient Dragon Island and tore open a spatial rift to reach Eastern Dragon Island.

Xiao Ming returned to Ancient Dragon Island after hearing rumors about the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and learned that Zi Yan had unified the clan. He reunited with Zi Yan and met the elders who had returned from the void.

• Hei Qing recognized Xiao Ming near the island and welcomed him, explaining that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan had defeated the other three Dragon Islands.
• Hei Qing escorted Xiao Ming across Ancient Dragon Island and described how Zi Yan had defeated the rival Dragon Kings to reunify the clan.
• Zi Yan came out to greet Xiao Ming, embraced him, and linked her arm through his.
• Xiao Ming greeted three white-haired elders, and Zi Yan introduced Zhu Xun as an Eight Star Early Stage Dou Sheng and a pillar of the clan.

Xiao Ming met the three elders who helped Zi Yan reunify the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, and he agreed to take responsibility for his relationship with her. Zi Yan joined the Heavenly Court Alliance, while she and Xiao Ming postponed absorbing a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit until she finished handling the newly unified clan.

• Zi Yan introduced Zhu Xun, Zhu Zhen, and Zhu Dui, who thanked Xiao Ming for helping the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan reunify.
• Zhu Dui approved of Xiao Ming and Zi Yan's relationship, and Xiao Ming promised to take good care of her.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan shared their experiences, and Zi Yan offered to lead the clan against the Hall of Souls before Xiao Ming cautioned her against provoking the Soul Clan.
• Zi Yan agreed to join the Heavenly Court Alliance and send Zhu Zhen to Holy Pill City.
• Xiao Ming showed Zi Yan a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and proposed that they absorb it together, but Zi Yan said she first had to manage the reunified clan.

Xiao Ming entered the Void Thunder Pool to temper his Half-Saint puppets and absorb Black Demonic Lightning through Ling. After a month of cultivation, he reached the peak of Late Stage Three-Star Dou Sheng, while Ling strengthened its Lightning Attribute.

• Hei Qing escorted Xiao Ming to the Void Thunder Pool near Eastern Dragon Island and agreed to stand guard while he cultivated.
• Xiao Ming sent his three Half-Saint puppets into the Black Demonic Lightning to temper them, recalling them whenever the lightning grew too intense.
• Xiao Ming used Ling to devour Black Demonic Lightning and convert it into pure energy for his cultivation.
• Xiao Ming spent a month absorbing the converted energy, advancing from Mid-stage Three-Star Dou Sheng to the peak of the late stage.
• Ling devoured so much Black Demonic Lightning that the depths of the pool grew sparser, and its Lightning Attribute increased considerably.

Xiao Ming ended a month of cultivating in the Void Thunder Pool and met Mang Tianchi, a Thunder Clan elder who had stumbled into the area. After recognizing Xiao Ming as the former student of Jia Nan Academy, Mang Tianchi eagerly greeted him.

• Mang Tianchi entered the Void Thunder Pool, noticed Xiao Ming and Ling cultivating, and was startled by Xiao Ming’s aura.
• Xiao Ming emerged from a month of cultivation just short of the Four Star Dou Sheng realm, while Ling also grew stronger from devouring Black Demonic Lightning.
• Xiao Ming sensed Mang Tianchi’s arrival and let him remain because the Peak Dou Zun posed no threat.
• Mang Tianchi tried to leave, but Xiao Ming appeared in his path, prompting Mang Tianchi to introduce himself as an elder of the Thunder Clan.
• Xiao Ming identified himself, called Mang Tianchi “Dean,” and explained that he had come from Jia Nan Academy.
• Mang Tianchi recognized Xiao Ming from Su Qian’s messages and approached him with admiration.

Xiao Ming helped Mang Tianchi collect Black Demonic Lightning in the Void Thunder Pool, but their efforts provoked a Nine Profound Golden Lightning comparable to a Seven Star Dou Sheng. Xiao Ming fled with Mang Tianchi and escaped the pool, where someone from the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan arrived to check on him.

• Mang Tianchi asked Xiao Ming to capture Black Demonic Lightning so he could use the Thunder Clan Secret Technique to try to break through to Half-Saint.
• Xiao Ming compressed more than ten bolts into Lightning Beads for Mang Tianchi, then began making additional beads.
• The lightning in the Void Thunder Pool rioted, and a Nine Profound Golden Lightning appeared in the form of a gigantic golden dragon.
• Xiao Ming grabbed Mang Tianchi and fled as the dragon pursued them with an army of Black Demonic Lightning.
• Xiao Ming and Mang Tianchi escaped the Void Thunder Pool, and someone from the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan rushed over to ask if Xiao Ming was alright.

Xiao Ming returned from the Void Thunder Pool to Ancient Dragon Island, where Zi Yan told him the Heavenly Court had summoned him back to Holy Pill City. He and Zi Yan set out for the Central Plains, and Xiao Ming noticed signs of recent battles in cities along the way.

• Mang Tianchi thanked Xiao Ming for his help, then left through a spatial fluctuation.
• Xiao Ming and Hei Qing returned to Ancient Dragon Island and found it larger and restored after the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s reunification.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ming that the Heavenly Court had asked him to return as soon as possible, and Zhu Li agreed she could accompany him.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan left for Holy Pill City through a spatial passage.
• On the way, Xiao Ming saw battle damage in several cities and realized the Heavenly Court had been troubled during the past month.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan returned to the Heavenly Court as its leaders discussed escalating attacks by Hall of Souls and the disappearance of tribes in the Fallen God Ice Plain. Xiao Ming revealed that he had reached Peak Three-Star Dou Sheng and introduced Zi Yan as the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor and his childhood sweetheart.

• The Pill Tower Great Elder reported that Hall of Souls experts had joined attacks on Heavenly Court cities and that the alliance’s Alchemists had disappeared after being targeted.
• Nine-Tailed Fox Saint revealed that the major tribes of the Fallen God Ice Plain had vanished, and he suspected the Soul Clan was responsible.
• The elders discussed retaliating against Hall of Souls by destroying its Heaven Hall or attacking its Branch Halls.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan arrived, and the elders were shocked to learn that Xiao Ming had advanced to Peak Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ming introduced Zi Yan as the current Dragon Emperor of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and said they had grown up together.

Xiao Ming assigned Heavenly Court’s forces to launch coordinated surprise attacks on Earth Hall, Human Hall, and nearby Earth Fiend Halls. The assault on Human Hall began in the Burial Mountain Range, while Xiao Ming and Zi Yan arrived at Earth Hall to begin their attack.

• Xiao Ming rejected attacking Heaven Hall without knowing its location and ordered strikes on Earth Hall, Human Hall, and nearby Earth Fiend Halls.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan took responsibility for attacking Earth Hall, while the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint and the Pill Tower Great Elder were assigned to Human Hall and Fire Cloud Ancestor remained to guard the alliance.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint and his forces reached Human Hall in the Burial Mountain Range and tore through its Space Barrier.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint’s forces killed the Hall of Souls Protectors outside the black hall, and he fought back against an elder wielding enormous chains.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan arrived at Earth Hall.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan attacked the Hall of Souls’ Earth Hall, where Xiao Ming destroyed its palaces and killed its defenders. The chapter ended with Zi Yan returning with the two fleeing Saints’ corpses, leaving no survivors.

• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan arrived at the Earth Hall, where its defenders challenged them.
• Xiao Ming used the Yellow Springs Finger to destroy the palace complex and kill its Protectors, Venerable Elders, and Heavenly Venerables.
• The Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master and two other Dou Sheng attacked Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ming killed the Vice Hall Master and sealed his soul.
• Xiao Ming’s Hidden Strength crushed the fleeing Dou Zun defenders while the two remaining Dou Sheng escaped.
• Zi Yan returned carrying the two escaped Saints’ corpses, completing the annihilation of the Earth Hall.

Xiao Ming defeated the Earth Hall’s defenders, freed its imprisoned souls, and collected the Soul Origin they had extracted. Hun Miesheng discovered the losses and resolved to seek help from his clan to destroy Heavenly Court.

• Zi Yan mocked the two dead Dou Shengs who had tried to escape using Spatial Power, and Xiao Ming collected their corpses.
• Xiao Ming broke the chains imprisoning thousands of souls and sent them fleeing to freedom.
• Xiao Ming uncovered Soul Origin drawn from millions of souls, explained its dangerous lingering obsessions to Zi Yan, and collected it after some of the obsessions dissipated.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan left the ruined Earth Hall with the Soul Light Clusters.
• Hun Miesheng arrived at the Earth Hall, discovered that its souls and Soul Origin were gone, and decided to request help from his clan to destroy Heavenly Court.

After the Heavenly Court crippled the Hall of Souls, Xiao Ming and Zi Yan returned to the Northwest Continent and reached Jia Nan Academy. The academy celebrated its students and honored Xiao Ming with a statue as Su Qian reflected on his success.

• The Heavenly Court's attack destroyed the Earth Hall, the Human Hall, and several Soul Hall Branches, killing many experts and forcing the Hall of Souls to retreat.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan crossed the void toward Jia Nan Academy, first appearing in the Crimson Sand Plains before correcting their course to the Black Corner Great Plains.
• Jia Nan Academy's reputation and student body had grown, and the academy held a ceremony for new students and those advancing to the Inner Academy.
• New students learned that the handsome statue in the plaza depicted Xiao Ming, a former student who had become a powerful figure in the Central Plains.
• Su Qian watched the ceremony and recalled news of Xiao Ming's achievements as Hu Gan, Elder Huo, and others joined him on the high platform.

Xiao Ming returned to Jia Nan Academy with a beautiful woman after years away and reunited with his teacher and old acquaintances. His arrival ended Hu Jia’s complaints about his absence, and the academy’s elders welcomed him back.

• Su Qian and Hu Gan discussed the prospect of finding gifted disciples and envied Elder Huo for having Xiao Ming as his student.
• Xiao Yu and Hu Jia joined the elders, and Hu Jia complained that Xiao Ming had not visited Jia Nan Academy in years.
• Xiao Ming emerged from a tear in space with a beautiful woman and surprised everyone on the viewing platform.
• Hu Jia recognized Xiao Ming, ran to him, and playfully punched his chest as he explained that he had been busy.
• Xiao Ming greeted Elder Huo, Su Qian, Hu Gan, and the other elders, who praised his achievements and welcomed him back.
• Zi Yan snorted when Su Qian ignored her.

Xiao Ming reunited with Su Qian, Elder Huo, and the others at Jia Nan Academy, where he revealed he had reached Three-star Dou Sheng and described the conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Hall of Souls. He then led them to the Lava World beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, intending to bring Zi Yan to meet her father.

• Su Qian recognized the grown Zi Yan, and he, Xiao Ming, and Elder Huo left Hu Gan to oversee the Inner Academy Selection Competition.
• Xiao Ming told Su Qian and the others that he had reached Three-star Dou Sheng, then recounted his experiences in the Central Plains and the conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Ming said he wanted to investigate the Lava World, and Su Qian agreed to accompany him.
• At the entrance to the Lava World, Xiao Ming summoned the Fallen Heart Flame and remarked that it had grown stronger under the academy's care.
• Su Qian recalled that someone had once tried to steal the flame but had been stopped by a guarding elder.

Xiao Ming told Su Qian that Xiao Yan had tried to steal the Fallen Heart Flame and had been expelled from Jia Nan Academy. He then took Zi Yan into the lava to investigate a hidden space barrier, where they encountered Lizardmen guarding what they called God's Tomb.

• Su Qian explained that the academy had expelled Xiao Yan after he nearly stole the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Ming accepted the news awkwardly.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan prepared to enter the Lava World, and Xiao Ming asked her to help investigate a space barrier he had sensed there.
• Xiao Ming shielded Zi Yan with flames and led her deep into the lava, where he sensed hidden creatures gathering around them.
• Xiao Ming used a Soul Fluctuation to reveal the surrounding Lizardmen and spotted two white Half-Saint Lizardmen among them.
• One white Lizardman warned Xiao Ming and Zi Yan to leave God's Tomb or risk awakening its guardian, and Zi Yan defiantly challenged the Lizardmen.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan crossed the magma sea and reached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling. There, they discovered an enormous violet-gold creature whose scales and aura seemed familiar to Zi Yan.

• Xiao Ming overwhelmed the Flame Lizardmen with his soul pressure, injured their two white leaders, and warned them not to follow.
• Xiao Ming carried Zi Yan deeper through the magma sea, where the magma turned reddish-black and forced him to slow down.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan emerged into a dark, silent space and followed a distant light to a bronze gate marked Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling.
• Xiao Ming warned Zi Yan not to look directly at the gate's inscription, and Zi Yan spotted a colossal violet-gold creature with scales and an aura reminiscent of an Ancient Void Dragon.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan encountered Zhu Kun, who recognized Zi Yan as his daughter through their shared bloodline. After they confirmed their connection, Zi Yan rejected him as family, saying that Xiao Ming and the Great Elder were the only family she had.

• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan found Zhu Kun in the darkness, and he asked whether they possessed the Ancient Jade.
• When Xiao Ming answered no, Zhu Kun prepared to attack, but he sensed Zi Yan’s bloodline and called her his child.
• Zhu Kun transformed into a middle-aged man, introduced himself as the Dragon Emperor, and said Zi Yan resembled her mother.
• Zi Yan questioned Zhu Kun about her mother, then touched his hand and saw their golden bloodline light merge.
• Zi Yan pulled away and told Zhu Kun not to call her child, declaring that Xiao Ming and the Great Elder were her only family.

Xiao Ming left the Secret Realm after refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, then fought his way through attackers on the journey back to Jia Nan Academy. He reached Peace Town and entered it, carrying dozens of Na Rings and planning to sort through his spoils at the academy.

• Xiao Ming collected Na Rings from dried corpses, left the Secret Realm Passage, and found Blood Shadow absorbing a Dou Wang's corpse at Jade Stone Plaza.
• Xiao Ming left the plaza and, after several days of fighting robbers—including two Dou Ling experts—reached a hillside overlooking Peace Town.
• Xiao Ming recalled his large haul of Na Rings and decided to organize and sell the excess after returning to the academy.
• Xiao Ming walked through the Black Corner Region travelers on the road and entered Peace Town.