Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan led Nalan Yanran through the Gate of Life and Death, where they discovered the remains of Misty Cloud Sect elders and passages sealed by Ancient Devouring Worms. After risking his life to retrieve an energy core associated with Yun Potian, Yan Qingshan returned with Nalan Yanran and later failed to break through from peak Dou Zong to Dou Zun.

• Yan Qingshan revealed that the Gate of Life and Death was a master-acknowledging treasure, told Nalan Yanran he was a Dou Zong, and had her lead him toward the strange presence she had sensed.
• Yan Qingshan broke through a light screen and found the remains and energy crystals of two Misty Cloud Sect Dou Zong elders, then deduced that the crystals came from the lingering energy and souls of the dead.
• Yan Qingshan found Ancient Devouring Worms inside the crystal walls and decided not to force his way farther because their numbers and the rapidly repairing barriers would drain his strength.
• Nalan Yanran found Yun Potian's jade token near a deeper barrier, so Yan Qingshan used Heavenly Flames to break through and searched for the founding patriarch's remains.
• Yan Qingshan returned exhausted with a dense energy core after discovering Yun Potian had pushed even farther into the passages, then left with Nalan Yanran.
• Yan Qingshan and Nalan Yanran recovered atop a cliff, but Yan Qingshan could not advance from peak Dou Zong to Dou Zun.

Yan Qingshan traveled with Qingling, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian to the Beast Domain to find an Ancient Ruins site in the Boneyard Mountain Range. After Xiao Yi Xian began searching for spatial fluctuations, Ziyan, Crimson Serpent, and Amethyst reunited with Yan Qingshan and playfully pounced on him.

• Yan Qingshan told Qingling, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian that he knew where to find Ancient Ruins and warned them to conceal their unusual bloodlines in the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan's territory.
• Yan Qingshan and the three women arrived at the Boneyard Mountain Range aboard Xiao Yi Xian's Blue Eagle.
• Yan Qingshan asked Xiao Yi Xian to search for unusual spatial fluctuations while he surveyed the bone-filled mountain range.
• At night, Ziyan, Crimson Serpent, and Amethyst surprised Yan Qingshan on the mountaintop, and Ziyan jumped onto him.

Yan Qingshan reunited with Ziyan and learned that she, Amethyst, and Crimson Serpent had grown stronger after visiting Dragon Island. He then led his group to the hidden ruins in the Boneyard Mountain Range, opened the spatial entrance, and brought them before a colossal crimson hall.

• Ziyan complained to Xiao Yi Xian about Yan Qingshan and her clansmen, but Yan Qingshan gave her a Storage Ring and sent her back to work.
• Yan Qingshan learned that Amethyst and Crimson Serpent had advanced to seventh-tier magical beasts after visiting Dragon Island.
• Yan Qingshan's group found faint spatial fluctuations in a bone-filled basin, and he refused to summon Ziyan's clansmen because he wanted to keep the ruins secret.
• After three days of arranging formation flags, Yan Qingshan opened a spatial vortex and led the group through it while Ziyan helped Xiao Yi Xian suppress her aura.
• Yan Qingshan's group crossed a vast sea of bones and discovered an enormous crimson great hall, which he recognized as the work of a Dou Saint.

Yan Qingshan and his companions crossed the ruins’ fiery trap, took control of ten Earth Demonic Puppets, and entered a primordial forest filled with rare medicinal herbs. Ziyan led them deeper into the forest in search of their target.

• Xiao Yi Xian scouted the fire passage with her Netherworld Poison Flame, and Yan Qingshan led the group through its flames before guiding them down through the magma to the true path.
• Yan Qingshan erased no soul imprints from the ten Earth Demonic Puppets because none remained, established control over them, and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Yan Qingshan and the others entered the ruins’ vast hall, and Ziyan followed the medicinal scent to an ancient stone door.
• Yan Qingshan opened the door to reveal a forest of rare herbs, and Ziyan began eating the energy-rich plants.
• Yan Qingshan pulled Ziyan away and led the group deeper into the Ancient Forest, where she took the lead despite the powerful magical beasts.

Yan Qingshan and his companions discovered a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit inside a hidden Beast Spirit Shield in the Ancient Forest. He revealed Ziyan’s royal Ancient Void Dragon heritage and urged her to consume the fruit to unlock her potential.

• Ziyan subdued a Sky-Penetrating Flood Dragon, allowing Yan Qingshan to take two Soul Infant Fruits from the lake’s island.
• Following a call she sensed, Ziyan led the group to a Beast Spirit Shield bearing the auras of an Ancient Void Dragon and a Heavenly Phoenix.
• Ziyan used her blood to open the shield, revealing a crimson plain, enormous skeletons, and an altar bearing a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Ziyan explained that the legendary fruit could let an Ancient Dragon or demon phoenix evolve into a Supreme Dragon-Phoenix.
• Yan Qingshan told Ziyan she was the daughter of the previous Dragon Emperor and urged her to consume the fruit.

Yan Qingshan and his companions explored the Dou Saint ruins, where Ziyan learned more about her father and secured the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. In the Pill Hall, they found a rare ninth-colored divine pill transformed into a Pill Beast, which Yan Qingshan began taming with pills.

• Yan Qingshan told Ziyan that she was the daughter of the previous Dragon Emperor, Zhukun, and that the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit could help her reach the strength needed to rescue him.
• Ziyan absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit into her body and agreed to postpone refining it until the group had finished exploring the ruins.
• Yan Qingshan and his companions entered the Pill Hall, searched its floors, and collected pill formulas and pills while Xiao Yi Xian protected them from poisonous gas.
• Yan Qingshan identified a plump white beast as an eighth-tier, nine-colored divine pill that had transformed after enduring Pill Lightning.
• Yan Qingshan fed the Pill Beast several high-grade pills until it trusted him, then lured it into his arms with an even more powerful pill.

Yan Qingshan broke the seal in the Ancient Ruins’ main hall, claiming all ten inheritance scrolls while awakening its puppets and the Dou Saint skeleton. As the skeleton’s spiritual light began to flare after its battle with the puppets, Yan Qingshan urged his companions to flee the hall.

• Yan Qingshan and his companions found the main hall, where a Dou Saint skeleton, ten inheritance scrolls, and a group of powerful puppets guarded the ruins.
• Yan Qingshan used formation flags to break the seal and retrieve the scrolls, awakening the puppets one by one as they pursued him.
• Yan Qingshan provoked the skeleton’s defenses, and its roar destroyed or damaged many of the puppets before it rose and declared that intruders must die.
• Yan Qingshan explained that the puppets were attacking the skeleton and that its spiritual power would fade without blood, then used his soul power to drive their assault.
• As the last four puppets battered the skeleton and its eye-glows began flickering violently, Yan Qingshan pulled his companions away and ordered them to leave the hall.

Yan Qingshan’s group recovered the Dou Saint skeleton and the Heaven-tier Great Heaven Creation Palm from the ruined hall, then met Heiqing and traveled with him and Ziyan to East Dragon Island. Heiqing brought them to the hidden island, where Yan Qingshan intended to discuss a matter concerning the Dragon Emperor.

• The Dou Saint skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm, obliterating the main hall before its remaining soul imprint faded.
• Yan Qingshan took the skeleton and found Dou Saint Essence within its bones and the Great Heaven Creation Palm inscribed on three ribs.
• Yan Qingshan led the group out of the ruins, and Ziyan summoned Heiqing to seal the disturbance until the clan could return.
• Yan Qingshan told Heiqing that his request to visit East Dragon Island concerned the Dragon Emperor, prompting Heiqing to take the group there.
• Heiqing guided Yan Qingshan, Ziyan, and the others through a spatial passage to the concealed East Dragon Island.

Yan Qingshan brought Ziyan to Dragon Island and insisted that she undergo the Ancient Dragon Inheritance before he revealed what he knew about the Dragon Emperor. While the inheritance began, he arranged for Ziyan to secretly consume the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving Elder Zhuli stunned.

• Heiqing led Yan Qingshan, Ziyan, and their companions to meet Elder Zhuli, while Elder Qiyou questioned why outsiders had come to Dragon Island.
• Yan Qingshan withheld his news about the Dragon Emperor and persuaded Elder Zhuli to prioritize Ziyan's Ancient Dragon Inheritance.
• Elder Zhuli activated the inheritance at the Ancient Dragon Altar, and Ziyan rose into the air as a purple dragon phantom entered her body.
• Yan Qingshan questioned Elder Zhuli about the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and confirmed that members of the dragon or phoenix clans could consume it directly.
• Ziyan revealed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and swallowed it during the inheritance, and Yan Qingshan told Elder Zhuli to have Heiqing and Qiyou guard the hall.

Yan Qingshan helped Ziyan refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and she awakened as the Supreme Dragon-Phoenix and rightful Dragon Emperor. While Ziyan’s elders began planning the clan’s restoration, she kept her identity secret as Yan Qingshan recovered and underwent a transformation.

• Yan Qingshan used his Heavenly Flames for over a month to refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit within Ziyan, while Elder Zhuli guarded the altar and sealed its aura.
• Heiqing and Elder Qiyou sensed Ziyan’s Great Accomplishment royal bloodline and hurried into the temple when Yan Qingshan called them.
• Ziyan emerged as a mature Supreme Dragon-Phoenix, and Heiqing, Elder Zhuli, and Elder Qiyou knelt to welcome her as the Dragon Emperor.
• Ziyan thanked Yan Qingshan and infused him with purple-gold energy, while Xiao Yi Xian reminded her to hide her identity and wait for him to wake before acting.
• As he lay unconscious, Yan Qingshan’s body, bloodline, and cultivation transformed, and his peak Dou Zong bottleneck began to loosen.
• The purple-gold radiance faded, and Yan Qingshan’s consciousness gradually cleared.

Yan Qingshan awoke with Dragon-Phoenix Power and Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Armor, then advised Ziyan to strengthen herself before uniting the Ancient Dragon Clan. He led Ziyan, Qingling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa to the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, arriving at the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan’s headquarters.

• Yan Qingshan woke after his transformation and activated his Dragon-Phoenix Power, revealing his Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Armor and breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Ziyan told Yan Qingshan she wanted to unite the Ancient Dragon Clan, and he urged her to reach Four Star Dou Saint before confronting the three Dragon Kings.
• Yan Qingshan proposed going to the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to help Ziyan grow stronger and gain a powerful ally.
• Yan Qingshan and his companions traveled through the defenses of Nine Serene Deep Abyss and arrived at the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan’s Underworld Serpent Vein.

Yan Qingshan and his companions entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, where Ziyan freed the imprisoned Yaoming and collected Yellow Springs Blood Crystals. After Yaoxiaotian learned the seal had broken and rushed toward the pool, Yaoming asked Ziyan to take him away so he could recover before confronting his rival.

• Ziyan used her spatial power to bring Yan Qingshan and Queen Medusa into the depths of the Underworld Serpent Vein and down to the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Yan Qingshan explained that Yaoxiaotian and the Grand Elder had imprisoned Yaoming, and told Ziyan to secure Yaoming’s cooperation and the clan’s inheritance resources.
• Ziyan descended into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, freed Yaoming, and brought back five Yellow Springs Blood Crystals for Yan Qingshan.
• Yaoxiaotian sensed that Yaoming’s seal had broken and left the gathering of tribal leaders to investigate while the Grand Elder calmed the hall.
• Yan Qingshan gave Yaoming pills and suggested they leave until he recovered; when Ziyan sensed Yaoxiaotian approaching, Yaoming asked her to take the group away, and she did.

Yaoming returned to the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and exposed Yaoxiaotian and the Grand Elder for sealing and poisoning him. After revealing the Nine Serene Scepter and his two-star Dou Saint strength, he attacked them, and their clash destroyed the Underworld Abyss Divine Temple.

• Yaoxiaotian and the Grand Elder found that Yaoming had escaped after the Yellow Springs Yin Stone was shattered, and they planned to conceal the news and dismiss the tribal leaders.
• Yaoming entered the Underworld Abyss Divine Temple as the leaders were preparing to leave, and Yaoxiaotian accused him of being an impostor.
• Yaoming named the elders who recognized him and revealed that Yaoxiaotian and the Grand Elder had poisoned and sealed him.
• Yaoming produced the Nine Serene Scepter, convincing the elders of his identity, and revealed that he had reached the two-star Dou Saint level.
• Yaoming attacked Yaoxiaotian, who fought back with the Grand Elder, and the three unleashed powerful techniques that shattered the temple and collapsed the surrounding space.

Yaoming defeated Yaoxiaotian and the Grand Elder, reclaimed leadership of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan, and led Ziyan and Yan Qingshan to the Yellow Springs Stele. There, the group learned that the stele held the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s powerful inheritances and essence blood, guarded by his remaining soul.

• Yaoming subdued Yaoxiaotian and the Grand Elder, but agreed to spare them at Ziyan’s request in exchange for her promise that Qingling would not attack the clan again.
• Yaoming extracted the two men’s ancient bloodlines with the Nine Serene Scepter, then reclaimed the clan chief’s position as the elders pledged their loyalty.
• Yaoming ordered the elders to purge Yaoxiaotian’s trusted subordinates and thanked Ziyan for helping him regain control of the clan.
• Yaoming led Ziyan, Yan Qingshan, and their companions to the Yellow Springs Stele and explained that it contained the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s essence blood and inheritances.
• Yaoming described the Yellow Springs Finger, Yellow Springs Palm, and the unclaimed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, explaining that a powerful soul was needed to access the stele.
• Yan Qingshan warned Ziyan that she might need a late Heavenly Realm soul to obtain the essence blood and asked whether she could manage it.

Ziyan obtained the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath technique and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s essence blood, then prepared to cultivate while Yan Qingshan arranged opportunities for his companions. Queen Medusa entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to seek the Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python tribe’s hidden nest, leaving Yan Qingshan to pursue his own cultivation.

• Ziyan retrieved the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath technique from the stele, while Yaoming failed to withstand its soul impact and learned he needed stronger soul cultivation.
• Ziyan claimed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s essence blood and shared a drop with Yaoming, who planned to use it to attempt a breakthrough to the Three Star Dou Saint realm.
• Yaoming gave Yan Qingshan a token before leaving to cultivate, and Yan Qingshan and Ziyan discussed their plans near the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Ziyan entered seclusion to pursue the Four Star Dou Saint realm, while Yan Qingshan planned to cultivate using the Dou Saint Essence from a skeleton found in the Battle Saint Ruins.
• Yan Qingshan revealed the Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python nest beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to Queen Medusa and explained that its cold yin energy could help her reach the Dou Saint realm.
• Queen Medusa kissed Yan Qingshan, told him to keep himself safe, and transformed into a Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python before diving into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

Yan Qingshan entered seclusion in the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python ancestral grounds, inherited the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and used Dou Saint Essence to raise his cultivation to five-star Dou Zun. As he worried that relying on spiritual treasures would hinder his future cultivation, a sudden disturbance shook the cultivation chamber.

• Queen Medusa entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate, while Xiao Yi Xian comforted Yan Qingshan and spoke with him about their companions' chances of reaching the Dou Saint realm.
• Yan Qingshan entered seclusion and used his Heavenly Flames to break the seal on the Creation Saint's ribs, receiving the Great Heaven Creation Palm inheritance and tempering his right hand with Golden Spirit Saliva.
• Yan Qingshan extracted three portions of Dou Saint Essence from the skeleton and refined them, advancing from one-star Dou Zun to five-star Dou Zun with the aid of medicinal pills.
• Yan Qingshan worried that his rapid progress through spiritual treasures could harm his future cultivation, then rushed out when a sudden boom shook the cultivation chamber.

Ziyan broke through to Four Star Dou Saint and led Yan Qingshan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan to East Dragon Island to reunify the Ancient Dragon Clan. The allied forces invaded North Dragon Island, where the North Dragon King arrived to confront Ziyan’s supporters.

• Ziyan emerged from seclusion as a Four Star Dou Saint and gave Yan Qingshan three remaining drops of Demon Saint Essence Blood.
• Yan Qingshan, Xiao Yi Xian, Ziyan, and Yaoming led the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan’s forces through a Spatial Passage to East Dragon Island.
• Elder Zhuli and the East Dragon Island elders welcomed Ziyan, who rallied the army and ordered a surprise attack on North Dragon Island.
• East Dragon Island and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan invaded North Dragon Island and overwhelmed its defenders.
• The North Dragon King arrived and accused the allied forces of being traitors, while Qingmu, the East Dragon Island elders, and Yaoming faced him.

Ziyan revealed that she could summon the Dragon Slaying Sword, proving she was the true Dragon Emperor, and defeated the North Dragon King. She left North Dragon Island’s people alive, ordering them to redeem themselves by helping unify the dragon clan.

• Yaoming and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan elders formed the Coiling Snake Great Array and wounded the North Dragon King while East Dragon Island’s forces held back North Dragon Island’s army.
• Ziyan appeared before the wounded North Dragon King and summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword, terrifying the dragon clan with proof of her royal bloodline.
• East Dragon Island’s Grand Elder declared Ziyan the Dragon Emperor, and North Dragon Island’s warriors began kneeling in submission.
• Ziyan struck the North Dragon King with the Dragon Slaying Sword, killing him as Qingyan, Huozhan, and the other North Dragon Island leaders stood by in fear.
• Ziyan spared North Dragon Island’s people and ordered them to redeem themselves by contributing to the dragon clan’s unification.

Ziyan led the reunification of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan by conquering West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island. After killing all three Dragon Kings, she restored the Dragon Emperor's rule over the clan.

• Ziyan ordered Qingyan and Huozhan to lead North Dragon Island's forces against West Dragon Island, while Qingmu warned that West Dragon Island was the stronger target.
• West Dragon Island's forces clashed with the advancing army, and Qingmu announced Ziyan's return as Dragon Emperor after the North Dragon King's body was displayed.
• Ziyan killed the fleeing West Dragon King with the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Xuan Mo and Zhumu surrendered and agreed to lead West Dragon Island's forces against South Dragon Island.
• The armies of the three islands converged on South Dragon Island, where Ziyan confronted the South Dragon King and revealed her Dragon-Phoenix form.
• Ziyan struck the South Dragon King with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, killing him and restoring unity to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Yan Qingshan refined the three dead Dragon Kings into a powerful puppet called the Three-Headed Demonic Dragon as Ziyan unified the Ancient Void Dragon clan. He then rode the puppet toward the Void Lightning Pool to strengthen it and his other puppets.

• Yan Qingshan revealed the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array on North Dragon Island and explained that he would refine the three Dragon Kings’ bodies into puppets; Ziyan agreed.
• Yan Qingshan fused and refined the three Dragon Kings’ bodies and remnant souls into a powerful, black-iron puppet, while the Ancient Void Dragon clan united under Dragon Emperor Ziyan.
• Yan Qingshan named the puppet the Three-Headed Demonic Dragon and explained that its preserved true spirits let it retain spirituality and act on its own.
• Yan Qingshan mounted the Three-Headed Demonic Dragon and headed for the Void Lightning Pool to raise his puppets to their highest level.