Chapter Summaries

Xiao Kun and the two women tested their Dou Zun puppets, then visited the newly built Xiao City. There, Xiao Kun completed a Space Channel connecting the Jia Ma Empire to the Black Corner Region and left the Xiao Family to guard it.

• Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei tested the puppets in the mountains, whose powerful steps shattered the terrain.
• Xiao Kun spotted Xiao City and learned from Yun Yun and Ya Fei that Xiao Zhan had hired Dou Wang experts to speed its construction.
• Xiao Kun arrived at Xiao City and built a Space Channel using materials from his Storage Ring and his spatial power.
• Xiao Kun opened a black wormhole connecting Xiao City to the Black Corner Region and ordered a Xiao Family elder to guard the entrance.
• Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei briefly explored the channel, then flew back toward the imperial capital as evening fell.

Xiao Kun gave Xiao Zhan the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations manual, Dragon Power Pills, and two powerful puppets to strengthen and protect the Xiao Family. He then began cultivating the Xiao Clan Clan Mark in seclusion, where a strange energy surged toward the space between his brows.

• Xiao Kun decided to cultivate the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations Clan Mark before taking any cultivation pills, and planned to spread the manual through the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Kun presented Xiao Zhan with the secret art manual, fifty bottles of seventh-grade Dragon Power Pills, and two puppets, including one with One-Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Xiao Kun received fifty eighth-grade True Dragon Power Pills through a System critical hit, kept ten, and gave the remaining forty to Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Kun went to an underground secret chamber, created eight clones, and set up a barrier before cultivating the three transformations.
• Xiao Kun and his clones unleashed auras comparable to Peak Three-Revolving Dou Venerates, and strange energy surged through Xiao Kun's blood vessels toward the space between his brows.

After three months of seclusion, Xiao Kun mastered the Xiao Family's Clan Pattern and learned that the family had moved to the thriving Xiao City. On hearing that neighboring countries were preparing to invade the Jia Ma Empire, he rushed to a council meeting where the empire's major factions had gathered.

• Xiao Kun completed the Clan Pattern's ninth stroke, then concealed it beneath his skin so he could activate its power instantly in battle.
• Xiao Kun discovered that the Xiao Family residence was mostly empty and learned from Li Xuan that the clan had moved to Xiao City a month earlier.
• Li Xuan told Xiao Kun that Yuan Yi and the Qian Alliance had arrived through the Spatial Wormhole, and that trade had helped Xiao City become the Jia Ma Empire's most prosperous city.
• Li Xuan warned Xiao Kun that the Chu Yun Empire and other neighboring countries seemed to be preparing to attack the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Kun suspected the Soul Hall was behind the threat and hurried to the council hall, where Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and leaders from the empire's major factions had gathered.

As the three neighboring empires prepared to invade the Jia Ma Empire with Soul Hall’s support, Xiao Kun reassured the council and strengthened himself with the True Dragon Power Pill. Meanwhile, four Dou Zong experts reached the Snake People Royal City to target Medusa and Zi Yan before the war began.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Kun that the Chu Yun Empire, Luoyan Empire, and Mulan Empire were massing troops, and Xiao Kun suspected Soul Hall was behind them.
• Xiao Kun assured the council that he could handle Soul Hall’s experts, then left to prepare for the coming war.
• Xiao Kun absorbed the True Dragon Power Pill over a week, reaching Dou Zun Peak and greatly strengthening his body.
• Four Dou Zong experts, including Xie Biyan, Luoyan Tian, and two Soul Hall members, arrived at the Snake People Royal City to attack Medusa and Zi Yan.

Medusa and Zi Yan confronted four Dou Zong attackers who had come to the Snake People Tribe, including Soul Hall experts. Medusa revealed Xiao Kun’s four-star Dou Zun puppet, leaving the attackers realizing they were doomed.

• Medusa sensed two Dou Zong experts approaching the royal city, and she and Zi Yan went to meet them.
• Luoyan Tian and Xie Biyan insulted Medusa, who attacked them and broke Xie Biyan’s scorpion-patterned cane, injuring him.
• Two Soul Hall experts ambushed Medusa with black chains, but she transformed into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and escaped their attacks.
• The snake people prepared to defend their tribe as Medusa faced the four attackers and learned their full force had arrived.
• Medusa summoned Xiao Kun’s golden four-star Dou Zun puppet, and the four Dou Zong experts recognized they could not win.

Medusa and Zi Yan used Xiao Kun’s Heavenly Demon Puppet to defeat Soul Hall’s ambush, then brought Snake-People Race experts to Xiao City to seek his help. Xiao Kun promised to kill any Soul Hall forces that came after them.

• Medusa’s Heavenly Demon Puppet killed Luoyan Tian and Xie Biyan and left one of the two Soul Hall Dou Zongs alive for questioning.
• Medusa sealed the surviving Soul Hall expert, gathered the enemies’ remains, and ordered the Snake-People Race to prepare for war and shelter its people.
• Medusa summoned the Snake-People Race elders and chiefs, left a small force to guard their homeland, and led the rest to Xiao City.
• Xiao Kun greeted Medusa and the snake people, learned that Soul Hall had ambushed Medusa and Zi Yan, and promised to avenge them.
• Zi Yan hugged Xiao Kun’s arm and said she had known he would help her get revenge.

Xiao Kun welcomed Medusa and the Snake-People Race experts, who had come to join the fight against the three great empires, and gifted Yue Mei a Form Transformation Pill. He gave Zi Yan a Dou Zun puppet that triggered a reward for a Three-Star Dou Saint puppet, then Medusa joined them as they ate fruit in Xiao Kun’s courtyard.

• Medusa introduced Xiao Kun to the Snake-People Race experts, and Xiao Kun gave Yue Mei a Form Transformation Pill as an apology for injuring her in the past.
• Medusa explained that the Snake-People Race had come to fight alongside them against the three great empires, and Xiao Zhan and the snake people discussed their deployment.
• Xiao Kun left the meeting with Zi Yan, gave her a Five-Star Dou Zun puppet, and triggered a critical reward that granted him a Three-Star Dou Saint puppet.
• Zi Yan finished binding and testing the puppet, then relaxed with Xiao Kun in his courtyard and ate fruit.
• Medusa arrived after the meeting and felt displeased to see them relaxing, but Zi Yan drew her to the table and invited her to eat with them.

Medusa brought Xiao Kun a Soul Hall survivor and two Dou Zong corpses, and Xiao Kun gifted her ten Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pills, earning ten Ancestral Return Pills through a system reward. He tortured the survivor with the Fallen Heart Flame until the Soul Hall expert agreed to confess, leaving Xiao Kun ready to question him.

• Medusa brought Xiao Kun the captured Soul Hall expert's soul and the corpses of Xie Biyan and Luoyan Tian for interrogation and possible use.
• Xiao Kun gave Medusa ten Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pills, and the system rewarded him with ten Ninth-Grade Profound Pills: Ancestral Return Pills.
• Xiao Kun stored the two corpses and decided to use them to revive Heavenly Flame Venerate and Yao Lao when time allowed.
• Xiao Kun exposed the Soul Hall expert's soul and used the Fallen Heart Flame to torture him for information.
• Xiao Kun restored the Soul Hall expert's soul with a Spirit Fusion Pill, and the expert finally agreed to confess.

After interrogating a Soul Hall expert, Xiao Kun learned the enemy’s deployment and decided to lead an ambush against their fortress. As his group arrived near the target, the allied forces were still debating the disappearance of four Dou Zong experts sent to kill Medusa.

• Xiao Kun extracted information about the allied forces and Soul Hall’s three powerful Dou Zun experts, then killed the informant.
• Xiao Kun showed Medusa and Zi Yan a Three-Star Dou Saint puppet, winning their support for a surprise attack.
• Xiao Kun gathered more than a dozen allies, explained the enemy’s strength, and led them through a Space Channel toward the fortress.
• Xiao Kun’s group emerged a hundred li from the fortress to keep the Space Channel’s fluctuations from alerting Soul Hall.
• At the fortress, members of the Golden Wild Goose Sect and Myriad Scorpion Gate urged the alliance to investigate the four missing Dou Zong experts, while rival factions watched.

Xiao Kun launched a surprise attack on the fortress with nine Sky Severing Fingers, devastating the city and killing or injuring much of its population. He faced two surviving Soul Hall Dou Zuns, including Venerate Blood River and the furious Venerate Ming.

• A Soul Hall expert allowed the Myriad Scorpion Gate and Golden Wild Goose Sect to send one Dou Emperor each to investigate the missing experts.
• Xiao Kun and his group approached the fortress, and he sent his companions to positions around it before preparing to attack.
• Xiao Kun created eight clones and unleashed nine Sky Severing Fingers against the fortress and its gathered experts.
• The attack crushed the hall and much of the fortress, killing or injuring more than half of its inhabitants and eliminating the other gathered experts.
• Venerate Blood River and Venerate Ming survived the attack, while the remaining Soul Hall Dou Zun was killed.

Xiao Kun revealed his Nine-Star Dou Zun cultivation and used the Xiao Family clan mark to launch a surprise attack on the Soul Hall experts. He killed Venerate Blood River and escaped with his Storage Ring, leaving Venerate Ming furious and still alive.

• Xiao Kun revealed his Nine-Star Dou Zun cultivation, but Venerate Ming and Venerate Blood River remained confident they could defeat him.
• Xiao Kun activated his Xiao Family clan mark, raising himself and his eight clones to Peak Two-Revolving Dou Venerate strength.
• Xiao Kun and one clone trapped Venerate Blood River with the Great Heaven Creation Palm while seven clones held Venerate Ming back.
• Xiao Kun obliterated Venerate Blood River, took his Storage Ring, and pulled away from Venerate Ming.
• Venerate Ming destroyed Xiao Kun's seven clones and vowed to kill him.

Xiao Kun fought Venerate Ming, using his Heavenly Flames, clone, and powerful techniques to withstand the Peak Nine-Revolving Dou Venerate’s attacks. Venerate Ming escaped Xiao Kun’s counterattack, but Xiao Kun replenished his Dou Qi with the Spirit Burning Art and remained ready to continue the battle.

• Venerate Ming unleashed his ice-attributed Dou Qi, freezing the fortress and its soldiers, while Xiao Kun’s Heavenly Flames shielded him and warmed Yun Yun, Hai Bodong, and the others.
• Xiao Kun blocked Venerate Ming’s Thousand Profound Ice Thorns with a Life Spirit Karma Fire shield, then used his Soul Power and Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade Venerate Ming’s ambush.
• Xiao Kun and his clone attacked Venerate Ming with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, but Venerate Ming used ice layers and a rapid retreat to escape.
• Venerate Ming taunted Xiao Kun over his dwindling Dou Qi, but Xiao Kun used the Spirit Burning Art to absorb nearby energy and restore his reserves.
• Venerate Ming realized Xiao Kun could keep replenishing his Dou Qi, while Hai Bodong and the others watched in awe.

Xiao Kun used Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath to seriously injure Venerate Ming, but Soul Power backlash left him unable to repeat the attack. Venerate Ming restored and then greatly amplified his strength with a Clan Pattern and a forbidden technique, prompting Xiao Kun to prepare his Dou Venerate Experience Card.

• Xiao Kun and Venerate Ming traded blows, but Xiao Kun endured the exchange better thanks to his Heaven Devouring Armor and strong body.
• Xiao Kun used his clones to hold Venerate Ming back while he formed the seals for Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath.
• Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath struck Venerate Ming head-on and seriously injured him, allowing Xiao Kun's clones to suppress him.
• Xiao Kun recovered his Dou Qi but admitted he could not use Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath again because of Soul Power backlash.
• Venerate Ming activated his Clan Pattern and a forbidden technique, restoring his strength and doubling his aura.
• Xiao Kun decided to use his Dou Venerate Experience Card as Venerate Ming risked everything.

Xiao Kun used a Dou Venerate Experience Card to surpass Venerate Ming in strength and battled him with the Vermilion Bird. Venerate Ming attempted to escape through a Space Channel after his ice python exploded, while Xiao Kun used Spatial Strangulation to disrupt it.

• Xiao Kun activated the Dou Venerate Experience Card, which raised his cultivation beyond Peak Nine-Revolving Dou Venerate and restored his Soul Power.
• Venerate Ming, realizing Xiao Kun had become stronger, summoned an ice python with Ice Python Devours Heaven.
• Xiao Kun countered with the Vermilion Bird from the Four Sacred Fire Method, and Venerate Ming made his ice python self-destruct.
• The explosion leveled the fortress, but Medusa, Zi Yan, and the other women used Xiao Kun's puppets to protect the Jia Ma Empire group from the shockwave.
• Xiao Kun detected Venerate Ming opening a Space Channel to flee and used Spatial Strangulation to shatter the surrounding space as Venerate Ming struggled to keep the channel stable.

Xiao Kun defeated Venerate Ming after stopping his escape and using Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath to cripple his soul. He stored Venerate Ming’s body and soul, then reunited with his companions, who asked about his temporary surge in cultivation and checked him for injuries.

• Venerate Ming abandoned his escape attempt and charged Xiao Kun with three ice pythons, intent on dying alongside him.
• Xiao Kun summoned Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and struck Venerate Ming with a devastating soul attack, shattering the ice pythons and leaving Venerate Ming insensible.
• Xiao Kun caught Venerate Ming, extracted his unresisting soul, and stored both the soul and body in his Storage Ring.
• After the battle, Xiao Kun dispersed his Dou Skills and explained to Hai Bodong that his heightened cultivation came from a card and would fade on its own.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei examined Xiao Kun for injuries while Medusa and Zi Yan watched.

After defeating the allied forces, Xiao Kun gave the Jia Ma Empire’s allies a share of the spoils and granted the Chu Yun Empire’s territory to Medusa’s Snake-People Tribe. Back in Jia Ma, he left the conquest to others and prepared to revive Heavenly Flame Venerate.

• Xiao Kun collected the defeated Soul Hall experts’ Storage Rings and promised to let Xiao Zhan and the allies divide the spoils from the fortress and the three empires.
• Xiao Kun assigned the Chu Yun Empire’s territory to Medusa’s Snake-People Tribe, and Medusa accepted his offer with gratitude.
• The group searched the fortress, pooled the resources, and followed Xiao Kun through a Space Channel back to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Kun told Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and the others about the battle, then left them to reorganize the army and conquer the leaderless empires.
• Xiao Kun gathered the materials needed to revive Heavenly Flame Venerate and took the white Storage Ring containing him out of the System Space.

Xiao Kun began reviving Heavenly Flame Venerate by merging his soul with the body of an unknown seven-star Dou Venerate. After two days of refinement with Heavenly Flames, a vast aura began to emerge from the body.

• Heavenly Flame Venerate complained about spending over a year in the System Space, then eagerly agreed to become an offering of the Xiao Family when Xiao Kun promised to revive him.
• Xiao Kun brought Heavenly Flame Venerate to a secluded chamber and triggered a three-hundredfold critical compensation when he offered him Xie Biyan's four-star Dou Zong body, gaining an unknown seven-star Dou Venerate body.
• Xiao Kun gave Heavenly Flame Venerate the Dou Venerate body instead and prepared it with Heavenly Flame Venerate's soul strand and a Bone-Melting Blood-Fusing Pill.
• Xiao Kun coated the body with Eighth-tier Magic Beast essence blood and refined it with Life Spirit Karma Fire until Heavenly Flame Venerate's soul merged into it.
• Xiao Kun used Heavenly Flames to fuse Heavenly Flame Venerate's soul with the body for two days, as a vast aura began to form within it.

Xiao Kun revived Heavenly Flame Venerate as a Seven-star Dou Venerate, strengthened the Xiao Family’s defenses, and refined another powerful puppet. Xiao Yan returned after hearing that Xiao Kun could revive Yao Lao, who entrusted his revival to him.

• Xiao Kun revived Heavenly Flame Venerate, who pledged his loyalty and became an honored elder of the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Zhan a Three-Star Dou Saint Puppet to protect the family and learned that Xiao Yan was away handling the aftermath in the three great empires.
• Xiao Kun told Xiao Zhan to inform Xiao Yan that he had found a way to revive Yao Lao, then refined Venerate Ming’s body into a Peak Nine-Revolving Dou Venerate Puppet over ten days.
• Xiao Yan returned and asked Xiao Kun about reviving Yao Lao, who emerged from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and bowed as he entrusted the matter to Xiao Kun.
• Xiao Kun reassured Yao Lao that he would help him because they were close acquaintances and Yao Lao was Xiao Yan’s teacher.

Xiao Kun used a Three-Star Dou Saint corpse and ninth-tier magical beast essence blood to reconstruct Yao Lao’s body, hoping to give him the strength to protect Xiao Yan in the Central Plains. Two weeks later, Yao Lao still had not awakened, and Xiao Kun reassured Xiao Yan that he was adapting to his new body.

• Xiao Kun invited Xiao Yan to watch Yao Lao’s resurrection and explained the body-reconstruction process to them.
• Xiao Kun used Venerate Blood River’s corpse as resurrection material, then received a Three-Star Dou Saint corpse through a thousandfold critical-hit compensation.
• Xiao Kun gave Yao Lao Venerate Blood River’s corpse, the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Art, and Venerate Blood River’s sealed soul so Xiao Yan could later gain a puppet protector.
• Xiao Kun used ninth-tier magical beast essence blood and the Bone-Melting Blood-Fusing Pill to reconstruct Yao Lao’s body, a process that took two weeks.
• Yao Lao’s new body remained unconscious, and Xiao Kun told the worried Xiao Yan that Yao Lao was likely adapting to it.

Yao Lao revived as a One-Star Dou Sheng with Xiao Kun’s help, and the Xiao Family celebrated its victory and settled the conquered territories and tribute arrangements. A week later, Medusa visited Xiao City with Yue Mei, who thanked Xiao Kun for the Form Transformation Pill, before Medusa asked to speak with him alone.

• Yao Lao awoke from his revival and revealed that Xiao Kun’s help had brought him straight to One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Lao agreed to gather medicinal ingredients for Xiao Kun and then left the secret chamber to meet Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan held a banquet for the Xiao Family’s upper ranks to celebrate Yao Lao’s revival and their victory in the war.
• The factions agreed to provide the Xiao Family with yearly cultivation resources, while the Snake-People Tribe took the Chu Yun Empire and the other territories were incorporated into the Jia Ma Empire.
• Medusa returned to Xiao City with a Snake-People elder and Yue Mei, who thanked Xiao Kun for the Form Transformation Pill and her breakthrough to Dou Emperor.
• Medusa sent her companions away so she and Xiao Kun could discuss matters alone.