Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming left Jia Nan Academy with Elder Huo and the Xiao Family students to return to the Jia Ma Empire. There, Queen Medusa had established a Snake-People settlement near Wu Tan City, and the chapter ended with her struggling to keep an infant named Yue'er from flying off.

• Xiao Ming declined to stay at Jia Nan Academy and invited Elder Huo to return to the Xiao Family with him.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan reinforced the Inner Academy's Space Barrier, then Xiao Ming gathered Xiao Yu and six Xiao Family students to travel with them.
• Xiao Ming led the group through a spatial rift to the Jia Ma Empire, which had expanded under Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan before Queen Medusa seized territory and brought the Snake-People under her rule.
• Queen Medusa settled a Snake-People tribe near Wu Tan City and began living peacefully alongside humans as Xiao Ming's wife.
• Queen Medusa tried to calm infant Yue'er, who clung to her while struggling to fly away.

Xiao Ming returned to Medusa and met his infant daughter, Xiao Yue, for the first time. He reunited with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, then introduced Elder Huo and asked him to witness his marriage to Medusa.

• Flower Snake watched Medusa dote on Xiao Yue while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin visited and reassured Medusa that Xiao Ming would return.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin sensed a spatial tear, and Xiao Ming arrived with Zi Yan, Elder Huo, and the others.
• Xiao Ming held Xiao Yue, while Zi Yan took a turn holding the baby.
• Xiao Ming embraced Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian after reuniting with them.
• Xiao Ming introduced Elder Huo as his mentor and asked him to witness his marriage to Medusa, and Elder Huo agreed.

Xiao Ming returned to the Xiao Family with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yue'er, arranged a simple wedding, and strengthened the family’s ties and defenses. Later, he gathered his loved ones and Elder Huo to give them Dou Sheng Essence Blood.

• Elder Huo agreed to Xiao Ming’s request, and Xiao Ming said he would marry Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian; Zi Yan asked about marrying him but was told not yet.
• Little Yue’er’s Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python appeared, and Medusa explained that Yue’er could borrow its power and had grown to around an Eight Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming returned with everyone to Wu Tan City, welcomed Jia Ma Empire leaders, and gave them pills in gratitude for their past help to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Ming held a modest wedding, spent time with Yue’er, and opened a spatial passage linking the Jia Ma Empire to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ming presented several drops of Dou Sheng Essence Blood to Medusa, Elder Huo, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others.

Xiao Ming prepared Dou Sheng Essence Blood and Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods for his family and arranged a milder medicinal liquid for Elder Huo. He then entered seclusion with Zi Yan to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, beginning the transfer of its energy as gray flames surrounded them.

• Xiao Ming gave Medusa the Nine-Colored Raw Stone and explained that the Nine Serene Yellow Springs could help her evolve and reach Dou Sheng, but she chose to delay the trip because of their infant daughter.
• Xiao Ming told Elder Huo he could not safely absorb Dou Sheng Essence Blood directly and promised to make a mild medicinal liquid to improve his strength and aptitude.
• Xiao Ming gave Medusa and the others Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods and prepared the medicinal liquid for Elder Huo.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan entered seclusion in a secret chamber to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan swallowed the fruit, then pressed her cheek against Xiao Ming's as she released its energy for him to absorb, while purple crystals formed around them and gray flames flickered outside.

Six months after the Heavenly Court Alliance defeated the Earth and Human Halls, it gained ground in its war against the Hall of Souls, while Xiao Ming’s influence grew. The Spirit Clan then vanished from its realm, leaving the Ancient Races to suspect that either the Ancient Clan or the Soul Clan had seized its piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• The Hall of Souls attacked a third of the Heavenly Court Alliance’s cities, but the alliance fought back and began to gain the upper hand.
• Hun Miesheng received limited aid from the Soul Clan and proposed a wager agreement with the Heavenly Court after failing to persuade his superiors to destroy it.
• Experts visiting the Spirit Realm discovered that the Spirit Clan and its million descendants had disappeared without a trace.
• The other Ancient Races investigated the empty Spirit Realm but found no Spirit Clan members or evidence of how they had vanished.
• The Ancient Races suspected that someone had taken the Spirit Clan’s piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and observers identified the Ancient Clan and the Soul Clan as the likeliest culprits.

The Heavenly Court received a blood-red challenge from the Hall of Souls demanding that Xiao Ming fight at Fallen Mountain Peak in three months, but its leaders decided to wait for him to leave seclusion before answering. Xiao Ming and Zi Yan then completed their cultivation, with Xiao Ming reaching Late Five Star Dou Sheng and Zi Yan reaching Early Six Star.

• The Pill Tower Great Elder opened the Hall of Souls' challenge letter, which demanded a fight to the death with Xiao Ming at Fallen Mountain Peak in three months.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor and the other Heavenly Court leaders agreed that they should accept the challenge but waited because Xiao Ming was in seclusion.
• The Pill Tower Great Elder sent the meeting's decision to the Jia Ma Empire through a Spatial Wormhole.
• Two days later, the energy storm around Xiao Ming's secret chamber ended, and he and Zi Yan emerged from cultivation.
• Xiao Ming reached Late Five Star Dou Sheng, while Zi Yan reached Early Six Star.

After leaving seclusion, Xiao Ming reunited with Medusa and their gifted daughter Yue'er, then learned that the Hall of Souls had challenged him to a fight to the death in three months. He decided to return to the Central Plains with Medusa and Yue'er after making arrangements for the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan left seclusion, and Xiao Ming reunited with Medusa, Venerable Tian Huo, Xiao Shan, and Yue'er.
• Venerable Tian Huo reported that the Spirit Clan had disappeared and that the Hall of Souls had challenged Xiao Ming to a fight to the death in three months.
• Xiao Ming reassured Medusa that he could defeat Hun Miesheng and said he would return to the Central Plains with her and Yue'er.
• Medusa agreed to go after two days, while Xiao Ming planned to wait for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin if they left seclusion in time.
• Xiao Ming decided that Xiao Shan would take over management of the Xiao Family while Medusa was away.

Xiao Ming awakened after receiving the Burning Flame Valley inheritance, gaining the complete Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, and agreed to attend Tang Zhen’s banquet. That night, he used a saved simulation opportunity, which showed his future breakthroughs, battles, and pill refining before ending as he considered leaving the Eight Great Elders for the Small Pill Tower.

• Tang Zhen explained that Xiao Ming’s inheritance was taking longer because he was absorbing all the experiences stored in the crystal sphere.
• Xiao Ming awakened with the complete Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, and Tang Zhen cautioned him about controlling its violent energy.
• Tang Zhen invited Xiao Ming to a banquet, and Xiao Ming accepted before returning to his room.
• Xiao Ming began a life simulation that recorded his breakthrough to Eight Star Dou Zun, his successful refinement of the Fire Bodhi Pill, and his later advance to Nine Stars Dou Zun.
• In the simulation, Xiao Ming killed a Hall of Souls Elder, defeated a Three-Star Dou Sheng after comprehending Silent World, and refined a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill.
• The simulation ended with Xiao Ming considering stepping down from the Eight Great Elders to enter the Small Pill Tower.

Xiao Ming chose the Bodhi Ancient Tree Sapling, returned to the Pill Tower, and prepared the Heavenly Court for its decisive battle against the Hall of Souls. On the day of the confrontation, crowds gathered at Peak of Fallen as the Hall of Souls began to arrive through a spatial passage.

• Xiao Ming chose the Bodhi Ancient Tree Sapling and saw the ancient tree deep beneath the continent begin racing toward the surface.
• Xiao Ming returned to the Pill Tower with Medusa, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yue, where the Great Elder and the others welcomed him and learned he had reached Late Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ming absorbed Soul Origins from the Hall of Souls but only advanced his soul to the brink of the Emperor Realm.
• Factions and experts gathered at Peak of Fallen to watch the decisive battle between the Hall of Souls and the Heavenly Court.
• A spatial passage opened above Peak of Fallen, and freezing black mist poured out as the Hall of Souls arrived.

The Hall of Souls and the Heavenly Court assembled at Fallen Mountain Range, where Xiao Ming accepted a three-on-three deathmatch to decide their conflict. As the Black-Browed Old Man made a sneaky attack, Zi Yan stopped him and revealed her Six Star Dou Sheng strength.

• The Hall of Souls Master arrived with six other powerful experts, and the Heavenly Court appeared with eleven Dou Sheng, including Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who had returned from seclusion.
• The Hall of Souls Master challenged Xiao Ming and threatened to make him fall as Xiao Xuan had; Xiao Ming accepted a duel on behalf of the Heavenly Court.
• Hun Miesheng proposed a best-two-out-of-three deathmatch, with each side sending three fighters.
• The Black-Browed Old Man stepped forward as the Hall of Souls' first fighter and sent Hidden Strength through the ground toward Xiao Ming.
• Zi Yan stepped in, shattered the attack, and threatened the old man, surprising the Hall of Souls Master by revealing her Six Star Dou Sheng strength.

Hun Qianmo threatened Zi Yan and the Pill Tower, but the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived and accepted his challenge. As Hun Qianmo prepared to fight, Xiao Ming urged the Ancestor to let Zi Yan handle him, but the Ancestor insisted he would not lose.

• Hun Qianmo appeared beside the Hall of Souls Master and warned Zi Yan to leave the Soul Clan's affairs alone.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor arrived riding an azure ox, and the Pill Tower Great Elder greeted him with delight.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor recognized Xiao Ming and praised how far his cultivation had advanced in only a few years.
• Hun Qianmo revealed his Clan Leader's interest in the Ancestor's Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill body and challenged him to fight.
• Xiao Ming suggested Zi Yan should face Hun Qianmo, but the Pill Tower Ancestor said he would not lose and told everyone to be careful.

The Pill Tower Ancestor and Hun Qianmo entered a constructed Chaos Space and began fighting while Zi Yan challenged the Black-Browed Elder. Zi Yan gained the upper hand, and Xiao Ming turned to face Hun Miesheng.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor created a Chaos Space, invited Hun Qianmo inside, and the two Six Star Dou Sheng experts began battling as spectators watched through the transparent space.
• Zi Yan stepped forward to challenge the Black-Browed Elder while Hun Miesheng advised him to target her soul.
• The Black-Browed Elder rose into the sky and unleashed his Dou Qi, then faced Zi Yan as she armed herself with dark gold armor and a long spear.
• Zi Yan shattered the Black-Browed Elder's Bone Chains and forced him to dodge her spear, then Xiao Ming asked Hun Miesheng if he was ready to fight.

Xiao Ming faced Hun Miesheng in a battle that would decide the final showdown, and the two exchanged powerful soul attacks. Hun Miesheng revealed the Gate of Silence, a dangerous space capable of devouring even powerful Dou Sheng experts, but Xiao Ming remained alert to its threat.

• Xiao Ming and Hun Miesheng confronted each other, and Hun Miesheng said he intended to settle the Hall of Souls’ failure to stop Xiao Ming’s growth.
• Hun Miesheng attacked with Ten Thousand Souls Worship, and Xiao Ming countered with Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, breaking apart the soul phantoms around him.
• Hun Miesheng summoned the Gate of Silence, which onlookers recognized as a deadly space that could erode trapped Dou Sheng experts with Death Aura.
• Hun Miesheng claimed the Gate of Silence could kill even a Seven Star Dou Sheng, while Xiao Ming recognized its danger and resolved to stay on guard.

Hun Qianmo and the Pill Tower Ancestor drew their battle, while Zi Yan killed Black-Browed Elder and Xiao Ming confronted Hun Miesheng. The chapter ended with Xiao Ming destroying Hun Miesheng despite Hun Qianmo’s attempt to stop him.

• Hun Qianmo and the Pill Tower Ancestor emerged from their shattered spatial passage and revealed that their fight had ended in a draw.
• Zi Yan pierced Black-Browed Elder, tore apart his body as he attempted to self-destruct, and destroyed his fleeing soul.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Xiao Ming with the Gate of Silence, but Xiao Ming escaped being drawn inside and appeared beside him.
• Hun Miesheng struck an invisible barrier and injured himself, while Xiao Ming seized him from behind.
• Hun Qianmo tried to seal the space around Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ming destroyed Hun Miesheng’s head and body.

Xiao Ming killed Hun Miesheng, absorbed the Nihility Devouring Flame Subflame, and seized preliminary control of the Gate of Silence. As he prepared to claim it, the Soul Clan’s Eight-Star Dou Sheng Hun Yuantian arrived and demanded that Xiao Ming return the gate.

• Hun Qianmo attacked Xiao Ming after Xiao Ming destroyed Hun Miesheng’s body, but Xiao Ming struck him back and the Heavenly Court experts restrained the Hall of Souls fighters.
• Xiao Ming extracted Hun Miesheng’s soul, destroyed it with gray flames, and took the Nihility Devouring Flame Subflame, which Ling swallowed.
• Hun Qianmo rushed toward the Gate of Silence, but Xiao Ming’s Soul Clone appeared atop it and blocked him while Xiao Ming returned to his true body.
• Xiao Ming merged with his Soul Clone and prepared to take the Gate of Silence, but Hun Yuantian descended with the aura of an Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Yuantian identified himself as an old enemy of Xiao Xuan and demanded that Xiao Ming return the Gate of Silence.

Hun Yuantian tried to take back the Gate of Silence from Xiao Ming, but Zhu Zhen intervened on Zi Yan’s orders and forced the Soul Clan to retreat. Xiao Ming kept the gate, while Hun Yuantian left threatening revenge.

• Hun Yuantian attacked Xiao Ming and tried to reclaim the Gate of Silence.
• Zhu Zhen appeared and stopped Hun Yuantian, then bowed to Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan ordered Hun Yuantian to leave, and Zhu Zhen prevented him from taking back the Gate of Silence.
• Hun Yuantian threatened Xiao Ming before leading the Hall of Souls away.
• Xiao Ming thanked Zhu Zhen, who gave him the Gate of Silence to refine.

After Heavenly Court celebrated its victory over the Hall of Souls, Xiao Ming tightened its rules and reformed the rapidly growing organization. Xuan Kongzi then told him the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the dangerous Desolate Ancient Region and asked whether Heavenly Court should send people.

• Heavenly Court celebrated its victory for nearly half a month as Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and the Pill Tower Ancestor became widely praised.
• Xiao Ming forbade Heavenly Court members from acting arrogantly and imposed expulsion or crippled cultivation as punishment for serious violations.
• Xiao Ming oversaw strict screening of new recruits and began reforming Heavenly Court's structure as its ranks swelled.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ming that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in the Desolate Ancient Region and asked whether Heavenly Court should send people there.

Xiao Ming decided to visit the Desolate Ancient Region to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation and investigate its emergence, while Medusa and pregnant Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind. He arrived in Desolate Town with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, where crowds had gathered despite the deadly dangers ahead.

• Xiao Ming agreed to send people from the Alliance to the Desolate Ancient Region in search of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s treasures.
• Xiao Ming invited Medusa and Zi Yan to join his trip; Medusa stayed home with Yue'er, while Zi Yan agreed to go.
• Xiao Ming learned that Xiao Yi Xian was pregnant, and she chose to stay behind as he prepared medicinal pills for their child.
• After refining pills for half a month, Xiao Ming left with Zi Yan and Qing Lin once news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree spread through the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ming and his companions arrived in Desolate Town and saw that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence had drawn large crowds to the normally quiet settlement.
• Xiao Ming observed that many visitors were far too weak to survive the Desolate Ancient Region, where several groups of Dou Zuns had already died.

Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin entered the Desolate Ancient Region and crossed its deadly outskirts in search of the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Guided by a Bodhi Seed, Xiao Ming headed northwest, while another group spotted them and wondered if he was the Heavenly Court Alliance Leader.

• Xiao Ming bought rare Magic Cores and medicinal ingredients in Desolate Town before leaving with Zi Yan and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Ming warned Zi Yan and Qing Lin to stay cautious, then led them into the Desolate Ancient Region.
• The three crossed a poisonous-insect barrier and reached the Heavenly Abyss at the edge of the true Desolate Ancient Region.
• Xiao Ming sensed a general direction toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree with the Bodhi Seed and led the others northwest.
• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin killed attacking Ferocious Beasts with a glance, and a group behind them speculated that Xiao Ming had passed by.

Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin crossed the Ancient Domain Platform and fought through the Ferocious Beast Tide to reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree. They arrived before the enormous tree, while Zi Yan wondered whether it could be eaten and Xiao Ming warned her against trying to take it by force.

• Xiao Ming's group traveled toward the Ancient Domain Platform and passed other factions, including the Heavenly Court, without joining them.
• At the crowded Ancient Domain Platform, Xiao Ming wondered why he could not sense Dou Sheng guards from the Ancient Races, then continued toward the Ancient Domain Depths.
• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin charged through the Ferocious Beast Tide, which could not slow them down.
• The three reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Zi Yan and Qing Lin marveled at its size and powerful Aura.
• Zi Yan wondered whether the Bodhi Ancient Tree could be eaten, and Xiao Ming warned that it could attack them if provoked.