Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Zi Yan, who had missed him during his absence. He gave her a map to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and asked whether she wanted to return with him, leaving her stunned.

• Xiao Cang returned to Jia Nan Academy and searched for Zi Yan, while also wondering whether the Hun Clan had infiltrated the academy.
• Xiao Cang found Zi Yan complaining that he had been gone and rushed into her arms when he entered her room.
• Xiao Cang and Zi Yan reunited and spent the night together, after which Zi Yan reproached him for coming and going as he pleased.
• Xiao Cang gave Zi Yan a map to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and asked whether she wanted to return with him.
• Zi Yan froze at the offer and could not bring herself to answer.

Zi Yan worried about how the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan would receive her, but Xiao Cang encouraged her to face her true home and set out with her. They found the hidden entrance in the sky, and Xiao Cang tore open the clan’s spatial barrier; as the crack began closing, he sent a surge of Dou Qi toward it.

• Zi Yan admitted she was afraid of returning to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, and Xiao Cang promised to protect her.
• Zi Yan decided to go, but Xiao Cang delayed their departure until the next morning after they spent time together.
• Xiao Cang and Zi Yan traveled to the map’s destination and found only what looked like a barren desert.
• Xiao Cang struck the sky with golden light and opened a crack in the hidden space entrance.
• As the crack began to close, Xiao Cang fired a surge of Dou Qi toward it.

Xiao Cang and Zi Yan entered a hidden spatial passage and traveled through it until Zi Yan recognized the route. They emerged in the vast Ancient Dragon Island, concealed within Void Space, where Xiao Cang realized how the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan protected its home.

• Xiao Cang tore open the closing rift, and he and Zi Yan were pulled into the Spatial Rift.
• Xiao Cang examined the seemingly endless passage and marveled that a powerful expert had created it.
• After traveling for over an hour, Zi Yan recognized the passage and pointed out a silver-white halo ahead.
• Xiao Cang and Zi Yan rushed through the halo and emerged above a vast, forested land beneath a blue sky.
• Xiao Cang identified the land as the Ancient Dragon Island hidden within Void Space and explained that the surrounding darkness served as the clan's safeguard.

Xiao Cang brought Zi Yan to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, where the Third Elder confirmed that she carried the Dragon Emperor’s royal bloodline and urged her to return. He revealed that the clan was in danger of falling apart, leaving Xiao Cang to ask what help they needed.

• The Third Elder learned Xiao Cang belonged to the Xiao Clan and sensed that Zi Yan might be a descendant of Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun.
• Zi Yan approached the Third Elder, and their hands touched, confirming to him that she possessed a pure royal bloodline.
• The Third Elder invited Xiao Cang and Zi Yan into the clan’s main hall and asked whether the Dragon Emperor would return.
• Xiao Cang explained Zi Yan’s simple nature and said the Third Elder would need to explain the clan’s expectations to her.
• The Third Elder revealed that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan needed someone with royal blood to prevent it from collapsing, and Xiao Cang asked what difficult matter troubled the clan.

The Third Elder revealed that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan had been split into four Dragon Islands after Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun vanished, and each island was drifting through compressing space. The chapter left Xiao Cang realizing that the islands’ encounters could lead to fierce struggles over unification.

• The Third Elder decided to tell Xiao Cang the clan’s secrets despite Hei Qing’s warning.
• Xiao Cang said Zi Yan had sensed the clan’s location, allowing him to find and enter the passage.
• The Third Elder explained that the Ancient Dragon Island was only one quarter of the original island, which had split into four after Zhu Kun vanished.
• The Third Elder said the surrounding space was compressing and the four Dragon Islands periodically encountered one another.
• Xiao Cang realized that the islands’ rulers might fight over the chance to reunify the clan.

Xiao Cang questioned the Third Elder about whether Zi Yan could unite the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, whose islands had fractured during Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun’s absence. The Third Elder explained that the other Dragon Kings also had royal blood, and began describing their strength, leaving the ambitious North Dragon King’s situation unresolved.

• Xiao Cang asked whether the spatial convergences and Zhu Kun’s disappearance had caused the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s ongoing wars, and the Third Elder confirmed the clan had remained divided.
• Xiao Cang argued that Zi Yan’s status as Zhu Kun’s daughter should let her unite the clan, but the Third Elder insisted that bloodline alone could not reconcile the Dragon Kings.
• Hei Qing objected to Xiao Cang questioning the Third Elder, and Zi Yan angrily defended her husband before Xiao Cang calmed her.
• The Third Elder explained that the rulers of the other three islands also possessed royal dragon blood, and said the South and West Dragon Kings were each late Three Star Dou Shengs.
• The Third Elder began describing the North Dragon King as more powerful than the South and West Dragon Kings, but hesitated over the details.

Xiao Cang pressed East Dragon Island’s elders to support Zi Yan as the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor, while learning that the North Dragon King had helped drive the clan’s division. Third Elder went to warn the Great Elder and Second Elder that Zi Yan, the daughter of Zhu Kun, had returned.

• Hei Qing blamed the North Dragon King for plotting to seize power and provoking the South and West Dragon Kings to rebel.
• Xiao Cang asked Third Elder to support Zi Yan as Dragon Emperor and demanded an answer within ten minutes, threatening to act if East Dragon Island refused.
• Third Elder yielded to Xiao Cang’s pressure and left to consult the Great Elder and Second Elder.
• Zi Yan objected that Xiao Cang had let Third Elder go, but Xiao Cang said they would meet again and called reunifying the clan a gift for her and Zhu Kun.
• Third Elder told the Great Elder and Second Elder that Zhu Kun’s daughter had reappeared, leaving them to question whether Zi Yan could truly be his child.

The Third Elder warned the Great Elder and Second Elder that Xiao Cang’s strength was unfathomable and that he intended to unite the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and fight the other Dragon Kings. The elders went to meet him as he waited with Zi Yan, where an unidentified voice challenged the visitors.

• The Third Elder told the Great Elder and Second Elder that he could not determine Xiao Cang’s strength and suspected Xiao Cang had come to claim the Dragon Emperor’s throne.
• The Third Elder revealed that Xiao Cang wanted to unite the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and fight the other three Dragon Kings, alarming the elders about the danger to East Dragon Island.
• The Great Elder and Second Elder agreed to meet Xiao Cang and defend East Dragon Island if he threatened it.
• While waiting at the entrance, Zi Yan complained that her clansmen argued with Xiao Cang instead of accepting his conditions, and Xiao Cang explained that the four Dragon Kings would not unite easily.
• An unidentified voice challenged Xiao Cang and Zi Yan as they waited at the entrance.

Zi Yan fought the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s elders after they questioned her claim to be Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun’s daughter, while Xiao Cang watched and encouraged her. As Zi Yan began to lose ground to the Great Elder, Xiao Cang stepped in and raised a wall of golden fire.

• A white-haired elder attacked Zi Yan, but Xiao Cang pulled her aside before the strike could land.
• The Great Elder accused Zi Yan of pretending to be Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun’s daughter, and Zi Yan gathered Dou Qi in anger.
• Xiao Cang told Zi Yan to punish the elders, and she charged the Great Elder before kicking the Second Elder to the ground.
• The Third Elder urged Zi Yan not to threaten her clansmen, but Xiao Cang encouraged her to prove herself through strength.
• The Great Elder gained the advantage over Zi Yan, forcing her back toward Xiao Cang.
• Xiao Cang said they had come to unite the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and formed a wall of golden fire behind himself.

Xiao Cang confronted the East Dragon Island elders over their refusal to return the Dragon King’s position to Zi Yan. After they admitted they would not yield, he prepared to fight them.

• Xiao Cang revealed Heavenly Flames that the elders recognized as belonging to the patriarch of one of the Eight Ancient Clans, and he criticized the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan for hiding from the outside world.
• Zi Yan threatened to destroy the elders for disrespecting her husband, but Xiao Cang stopped her and declared that he would fight in her place if she could not defeat them.
• The Second Elder explained that East Dragon Island feared the three Dragon Kings and the approaching gathering of the four islands, while the elders also claimed they could not confirm Zi Yan’s identity.
• Xiao Cang asked the elders whether they would return the position of king to Zi Yan, and their silence convinced him they would refuse.
• Xiao Cang strengthened the Heavenly Flames in his palm and declared that forcibly occupying what belonged to Zi Yan was a crime punishable by death.

Xiao Cang revealed that he was a Seven Star Dou Saint and demanded that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan elders submit. When they refused, he attacked with his Heavenly Flames, leaving the battle poised to intensify.

• The Second Elder and Great Elder prepared to fight Xiao Cang, believing the clan’s strength would be enough to defeat him.
• Xiao Cang told the elders that he was a Seven Star Dou Saint and that Zi Yan was also a Dou Saint, shocking them.
• Xiao Cang launched a powerful golden attack, and the Great Elder, Third Elder, and Second Elder joined forces to block it.
• Zi Yan offered to help Xiao Cang, but he refused and changed his flames from golden to silver-white.
• Xiao Cang identified the silver-white flame as the Nine Heavens Thunderous Gang Fire and offered the elders one last chance to submit; the Great Elder refused.

Xiao Cang confronted the Three Elders of East Dragon Island and accused them of resisting Zi Yan’s claim because they wanted to seize control of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan. As Zi Yan withdrew, Xiao Cang prepared to defeat the elders with his overwhelming strength and Heavenly Flames.

• Zi Yan called the Three Elders useless trash, and Xiao Cang defended her claim as Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun’s true daughter.
• Xiao Cang accused the elders of pursuing their own ambitions and declared that they would become servants to him and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan retreated because her strength was unstable and she had nearly exhausted herself in the previous battle.
• The Great Elder urged the Second and Third Elders to fight Xiao Cang rather than hand over East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Cang unleashed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, weakening the Great Elder’s Dou Qi and provoking his threat to kill Xiao Cang.

Xiao Cang defeated the Great Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder after they tried to trap him in a formation. He offered the Great Elder a chance to verify Zi Yan’s bloodline and accept her as Dragon Emperor, but the Great Elder mistook Xiao Cang’s intentions and accused him of seeking control of the clan.

• The Great Elder urged the Second Elder and Third Elder to help eliminate Xiao Cang, and the three formed a triangle around him.
• The three elders used their formation to suppress Xiao Cang’s power, but Xiao Cang summoned a white dragon that shattered it and blasted them away.
• The Second Elder and Third Elder fainted, while Xiao Cang stood over the immobilized Great Elder.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Cang to spare the elders if they were truly her clansmen, and Xiao Cang offered the Great Elder a chance to verify her bloodline.
• The Great Elder refused to let an outsider rule the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, so Xiao Cang explained that he wanted Zi Yan to become Dragon Emperor, not to seize control himself.

Xiao Cang persuaded East Dragon Island’s elders to accept Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor, promising to help her defeat the other three Dragon Kings. After the elders welcomed Zi Yan, they led her and Xiao Cang to the main hall to discuss the coming gathering of the four dragon islands.

• Xiao Cang challenged the Great Elder to accept Zi Yan’s pure Dragon Emperor bloodline, while Zi Yan defended her husband’s intentions.
• The Great Elder agreed to try accepting a new Dragon King, and Xiao Cang promised to help East Dragon Island destroy the other three Dragon Kings.
• The Great Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder bowed to Zi Yan and welcomed the Dragon King’s return.
• Zi Yan vowed to restore the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan to prosperity, and the elders invited her and Xiao Cang to the main hall.
• Xiao Cang asked about East Dragon Island’s plans for the gathering, and the Third Elder warned that the other Dragon Kings would likely target them first.

Xiao Cang persuaded the East Dragon Island elders to attack the South Dragon King before the Dragon Kings could unite. Before they set out, he asked them to help Zi Yan stabilize her power, and proposed using the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to strengthen her.

• The Great Elder admitted that East Dragon Island was too weak to face the other Dragon Islands, while Zi Yan said she needed the Dragon Kings dead to answer to her father.
• Xiao Cang chose to attack the nearby South Dragon King first, but the Third Elder warned that South Dragon Island was dangerous and the East Dragon Island army could not cross over.
• Xiao Cang argued that defeating the Dragon Kings one by one was safer than waiting for all three to join forces, and the Great Elder agreed to arrange transport for Xiao Cang and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Cang asked the elders to help Zi Yan stabilize the power she had gained from consuming treasures, and Zi Yan insisted she could withstand the cultivation method.
• Xiao Cang suggested that Zi Yan absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which could stabilize her strength at the peak of the Dou Zun realm and eventually help her return to the Dou Saint realm.