Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan and Sha Li entered the lava lake and discovered a protected cave beneath it while searching for the Fire Elemental Being. They reached a cavern containing an enormous crimson egg, but the chapter ended before they learned what was inside.

• Tang Lan and Sha Li climbed the volcano, where Tang Lan encountered fierce fire-dwelling beasts and saw Fire Scale Fish leaping from the lava.
• Sha Li sensed that the Fire Elemental Being was beneath the lava lake, and Tang Lan prepared himself with Ancient Dragon Guardian before diving in after him.
• Tang Lan swam through the lava and emerged into a protected cave, where he found Sha Li replacing his scorched sand body.
• Tang Lan followed Sha Li through the cave tunnels until they reached a cavern with ancient inscriptions and a giant crimson egg atop an altar-like rock.

Tang Lan encountered the Flame Queen, a Fire Elemental Being undergoing transformation, and chose to help her rather than attack. He gave her Heart of the Earth Fragments to fuel her breakthrough, which began accelerating after the third fragment.

• Tang Lan and Sha Li approached the crimson crystal egg and learned that the Flame Queen was transforming and would fight to protect the Heart of the Earth Fragment inside her.
• Tang Lan consulted Ning Xian and He Xi, then decided to trust the Flame Queen after she warned that the land and its elemental beings were dying.
• The Flame Queen explained that she needed more power to break through her cultivation shackles, and Tang Lan gave her a Heart of the Earth Fragment.
• When her aura surged and then faded without completing the breakthrough, Tang Lan gave her a second fragment.
• Half an hour later, Tang Lan gave the Flame Queen a third fragment, and her breakthrough began accelerating.

Tang Lan watched the Flame Queen emerge from her crystal egg as a little girl with lost memories, then named her Tang Lingling and carried her onward. He restored the Heart of the Earth, passed the Fourth Gate Death God Trial, and returned to the great hall to claim three Million Year Soul Rings.

• The crystal egg shattered, and the Flame Queen emerged as a child who called Tang Lan Daddy; He Xi and Ning Xian explained that she had regressed to childhood after a breakthrough and might gradually lose her memories.
• Tang Lan picked up the little girl, named her Tang Lingling, and carried her through the purplish-red flames toward a Space Channel.
• Tang Lan descended with Lingling to an underground Lava Lake, where he brought together the Heart of the Earth Fragments and restored the core as Lingling absorbed the spreading heat.
• The emotionless voice announced that Tang Lan had passed the Fourth Gate Death God Trial and could receive three Million Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring rewards.
• Tang Lan led Lingling and Sha Li through the exit channel and returned to the great hall, where three golden rings awaited him.

Tang Lan fused three Million Year God Shrine Soul Rings into his Ancient Dragon Spirit, then questioned the Death God Clone about the time he had spent in the trials and the rewards and dangers ahead. After learning he had spent thirteen years inside the realm and hearing the Fifth Gate’s objective, Tang Lan was left to decide whether to continue the inheritance trial.

• Tang Lan fused the three Million Year Soul Rings while Ning Xian and He Xi watched over Lingling.
• Tang Lan’s Soul Power rose to Level 94, and he asked the Death God Clone how much time had passed outside the realm.
• The Death God Clone said thirteen years had passed inside the realm and thirteen days outside, and explained the rewards for the remaining gates.
• Tang Lan asked about the later trials and warned that he would give up if they were too dangerous or time-consuming.
• The Death God Clone revealed that the Fifth Gate required Tang Lan to find the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flower on the Extreme Ice Snow Mountain.

Tang Lan persuaded the Death God Clone to teleport him and Lingling to Extreme Ice Snow Mountain to search for the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flower. He found the flower but triggered its icy attack and was confronted by a mutated Two-Headed Sky Eagle, leaving him to fight for it.

• Tang Lan asked the Death God Clone to send him near the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flower, and the clone agreed to teleport him to a cave on Extreme Ice Snow Mountain.
• Tang Lan and Lingling stepped through an ice-blue portal and arrived on a snowy peak, where Lingling protected them from the cold with her flame barrier.
• Tang Lan searched the mountain with Lingling and spotted a blue-white flower he believed was the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flower.
• Tang Lan left Lingling behind and climbed toward the flower, but its icy energy attacked him and an Ancient Dragon phantom blocked the strike.
• A mutated Two-Headed Sky Eagle flew from a nearby cave and attacked Tang Lan, who summoned the Dragon Soul Overlord Spear and charged at it.

Tang Lan defeated and restrained the Two-Headed Sky Eagle while seeking the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flower, then offered it a choice between becoming his mount and remaining trapped. The Sky Eagle revealed that the realm was isolated from the human world, and Tang Lan gave it half an incense stick to decide.

• Tang Lan fought the Two-Headed Sky Eagle over the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flower and trapped it in a cage formed from his rock spears.
• Tang Lan used Ancient Dragon Devours Heaven and Ancient Dragon Body Protection to overpower the Sky Eagle and smash a snowy peak.
• Tang Lan restrained the Sky Eagle and learned from it that the realm was isolated from the human world and that it had never encountered a human before.
• Tang Lan offered the Sky Eagle a Master-Servant Contract or imprisonment and gave it half an incense stick to choose.

Tang Lan subdued the Two-Headed Sky Eagle, collected seven Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flowers, and passed the fifth trial to receive three God-bestowed Million Year Soul Rings. After fusing the rings, he asked the Death God Clone to give him some Void Enlightenment Tea.

• Tang Lan forced the Two-Headed Sky Eagle to sign a Master-Servant Contract and learned that the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow Flower had not yet bloomed.
• Tang Lan waited for the flower to bloom, stored it away, and had the Two-Headed Sky Eagle lead him to six more locations containing the flowers.
• Over three years, Tang Lan collected all seven flowers as the Two-Headed Sky Eagle helped him defeat the Soul Beasts guarding them.
• Tang Lan entered the spatial gateway, passed the fifth trial, and received three God-bestowed Million Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Lan spent six months in the secret realm fusing the three Soul Rings while Lingling and the Two-Headed Sky Eagle guarded him.
• Tang Lan drank Void Enlightenment Tea with the Death God Clone and asked what it would take to obtain some for himself.

Tang Lan accepted a challenge to find Void Enlightenment Tea on Void Enlightenment Island in exchange for an extra jin of tea, then arrived there with Lingling, the Two-Headed Sky Eagle, and Sha Li. After collecting strange blue honey from a giant beehive, they attracted a massive black bear and had to flee.

• Death God Clone offered Tang Lan an extra jin of Void Enlightenment Tea for attempting a task harder than the sixth trial, and Tang Lan agreed.
• Death God Clone sent Tang Lan, Lingling, the Two-Headed Sky Eagle, and Sha Li to Void Enlightenment Island, where the enormous forest made them seem insect-sized.
• Tang Lan and Lingling spotted a huge beehive, and Tang Lan secretly pierced it and collected its pale blue honey in a Soul Tool.
• Lingling tasted the honey and praised it while Tang Lan explained that his gourd held vast amounts of space.
• A giant black bear climbed the tree after the honey's fragrance attracted it, so Tang Lan stopped collecting and ordered the Two-Headed Sky Eagle to fly higher.

Tang Lan tried to steal more honey from a hive guarded by powerful Black Armor Soul Bees, but the hive broke and forced him and Lingling to flee. They escaped through a waterfall into a hidden place where the bees would not follow, and Tang Lan discovered that the water reacted to Lingling’s innate flame power.

• Tang Lan watched a Magic Soul Violent Bear draw out the Black Armor Soul Bees and flee after their attacks weakened it.
• Tang Lan used his gourd to collect honey from the hive while Lingling waited nearby.
• A section of the hive broke loose, alerting the bees, and Tang Lan grabbed Lingling and fled with the swarm in pursuit.
• Tang Lan shielded himself and Lingling with an Ancient Dragon Phantom and plunged through a waterfall into a hidden world.
• Tang Lan found that the bees would not enter the waterfall and discovered its water reacted with Lingling’s innate flame power, but he found no water elemental spirit.

Tang Lan and Lingling discovered an ancient Hundred Yue inheritance hidden behind a tombstone and entered its miniature world. Lingling received the inheritance and claimed the Hundred Yue Seal, while Tang Lan discovered that a mural in the house was another Demigod Artifact.

• Tang Lan and Lingling activated the tombstone, which revealed that Hundred Yue had been a powerful empire destroyed when the Third Continent shattered.
• A spatial vortex appeared above the tombstone, and Lingling and Tang Lan entered the miniature world within it.
• Tang Lan collected ancient Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the fields before entering the bamboo house with Lingling.
• Lingling absorbed the inheritance from a book, and Tang Lan stayed beside her while she recovered.
• Lingling found the Hundred Yue Seal, which Tang Lan identified as a Demigod Artifact and let her keep.
• Tang Lan touched a lifelike mural, and his hand sank into the world depicted within it.

Tang Lan entered the world inside the Hundred Yue Landscape Map and challenged its artifact spirit to a game of chess. After drawing and contracting with the Demigod Artifact, he heard the old man begin revealing the map’s history, but Tang Lan pressed him to get to the point.

• Tang Lan met the Hundred Yue Landscape Map’s artifact spirit, who explained that the map had drawn him inside and challenged him to a game: win or draw to leave and qualify to become its master, or lose and remain trapped.
• Tang Lan and the old man played a chess game whose pieces summoned powerful water creatures and defenses, and their battle continued through the night as their moves changed the world around them.
• Tang Lan drew with the old man, who declared that he had earned the chance to contract with the Demigod Artifact.
• Tang Lan offered a drop of blood essence, and the Hundred Yue Landscape Map accepted him as its master.
• The old man began telling Tang Lan about the Hundred Yue Empire and its nearly one hundred races, but Tang Lan interrupted him and demanded that he get to the point.

Tang Lan passed the Hundred Yue Landscape Map’s trial and contracted with the Quasi-Divine Artifact, then left with Lingling to search Void Enlightenment Island for Void Enlightenment Tea. They found a fragrant forest that might hold the tea, and Tang Lan took Lingling into the Mountains and Rivers Scroll for the night.

• The artifact spirit explained that the Hundred Yue Landscape Map needed a successor, and Tang Lan persuaded the map to acknowledge his resolve before contracting with it using his blood essence.
• Tang Lan emerged from the map and learned from Lingling that a day and night inside had amounted to only a few minutes outside; a miniature map appeared on his arm.
• Tang Lan searched the courtyard, thanked the senior, and left with Lingling to seek Void Enlightenment Tea while avoiding powerful Soul Beasts.
• Tang Lan and Lingling followed a fragrance to a vast forest, where Tang Lan suspected they had found Void Enlightenment Trees, but he brought Lingling into the Mountains and Rivers Scroll because night made the island more dangerous.
• Tang Lan found the old man in the stone pavilion still studying their unfinished chess game, and the old man said Tang Lan’s chess reflected an understanding of the Great Dao.

Tang Lan and Lingling left the Hundred Yue Landscape Map and flew into the forest on the Two-Headed Sky Eagle, where they were pursued by a pack of powerful Xie Yue Lion-Human Beasts. After escaping them, Tang Lan spotted rhinoceros-sized Crystal Ants emerging from the tree hollows ahead.

• Tang Lan finished recovering inside the Hundred Yue Landscape Map, then took Lingling back to Void Enlightenment Island and summoned the Two-Headed Sky Eagle.
• A Xie Yue Lion-Human Beast attacked them, and Tang Lan drove it back with his Sea Treading Spear Dance.
• Lingling spotted six more Xie Yue Lion-Human Beasts closing in, so Tang Lan used Rock Spear Piercing the Sea to force them away with a sea of flames.
• After the Two-Headed Sky Eagle flew for half an hour, Tang Lan noticed black hollows among the trees and saw rhinoceros-sized Crystal Ants emerge from them.

Tang Lan and Lingling were trapped by Crystal Ants, but Lingling’s Ultimate Fire burned through their crystal webs and nests, letting them escape the threat. Tang Lan gathered Crystal Ant eggs as Lingling set the forest ablaze, then called her back from the ruins.

• The Crystal Ants trapped Tang Lan and the others in crystal webs, and Tang Lan and the Two-Headed Sky Eagle blasted open a gap to fly through.
• Tang Lan and his group found themselves surrounded by more crystal webs and Crystal Ants, so he prepared to fight alongside Lingling.
• Lingling unleashed her Ultimate Fire, burning through the webs and killing Crystal Ants, while Tang Lan’s wind attack spread the flames across the forest.
• Tang Lan cut open a giant tree and collected nearly a hundred Crystal Ant eggs in his Storage Ring.
• Lingling continued burning the Crystal Ant nests until the forest became ruins, and Tang Lan called her back.

Tang Lan and Lingling escaped the Demon Soul Ghost Trees and found the Void Enlightenment Tea Forest. When a giant Tea Flower appeared, Tang Lan spotted a pair of blood-red eyes watching them from beneath it.

• Tang Lan and Lingling crossed the Tree Sea and discovered that Demon Soul Ghost Trees had killed the Soul Beasts there.
• The Demon Soul Ghost Trees pursued Tang Lan and Lingling, but they fought through the forest and escaped by nightfall.
• Tang Lan sensed that something nearby frightened the trees, then brought Lingling and the Two-Headed Sky Eagle into the Hundred Yue Landscape Map to rest.
• Tang Lan and Lingling searched the Tea Forest for hours before Lingling spotted a pillar of white light.
• Tang Lan recognized the giant flower and glowing leaves as Void Enlightenment Tea, then saw enormous blood-red eyes beneath them.

Tang Lan and Lingling found the Azure Flood Dragon guarding the Void Enlightenment Tea and negotiated a three-year partnership with it. After Tang Lan promised to restore its freedom, the dragon let them collect the tea, but warned them that the flowers were poisonous.

• The Azure Flood Dragon spoke with Tang Lan and asked him to take it out of the sealed world in exchange for Void Enlightenment Tea.
• Tang Lan explained that it could leave only by signing a contract with him, and promised to free it after three years.
• The Azure Flood Dragon accepted a three-year Partner Contract, and Tang Lan sealed their agreement with his blood essence.
• The Azure Flood Dragon revealed twenty Void Enlightenment Tea trees and allowed Tang Lan to collect up to a hundred mature leaves.
• Tang Lan stored the hundred leaves in his Storage Ring, and the Azure Flood Dragon warned him not to touch the poisonous flowers.

Tang Lan and his companions traveled into the Poisonous Swamp to seek the Soul Mulberry Tree, guarded by Azure Flood Dragon’s old rival, the Poison Dragon. They reached the swamp’s depths and began fighting the purple flood dragon, but the battle’s outcome remained unknown.

• Azure Flood Dragon told Tang Lan about the Soul Mulberry Tree and revealed that he had fought its guardian, the Poison Dragon, to a draw many times.
• Tang Lan decided to visit the swamp, and Azure Flood Dragon shrank and hid in his pocket as the group traveled northwest.
• The group entered the poisonous miasma, and Azure Flood Dragon shielded them while the Two-Headed Sky Eagle froze the swamp so they could cross.
• A purple flood dragon confronted the group and accused Azure Flood Dragon of bringing helpers to attack it.
• The purple flood dragon attacked with poisonous dragon breath, and Azure Flood Dragon answered with his own breath, causing the two forces to collide.

Tang Lan and his allies defeated the Purple Dragon and claimed its Soul Mulberry Fruits, but the Purple Dragon offered to join them so it could leave the small world. Tang Lan agreed to a three-year Partner Contract, leaving the Purple Dragon willing to reconsider its views of humans.

• Sha Li, Lingling, and Tang Lan worked with the Azure Flood Dragon to restrain and defeat the Purple Dragon.
• The Azure Flood Dragon demanded the Purple Dragon's Soul Mulberry Fruits, and the Purple Dragon offered Tang Lan's group double the benefits to switch sides.
• The Azure Flood Dragon revealed that it had signed a Partner Contract with Tang Lan, while Lingling said Tang Lan would take it out of the small world.
• The Purple Dragon asked Tang Lan to take it away and offered to sign a Master-Servant Contract.
• Tang Lan instead signed a Partner Contract with the Purple Dragon, promising to restore its freedom after three years and explaining that humans were not all alike.

Tang Lan and his companions gathered the Soul Mulberry Fruits before the awakening Chaos Dragon Turtle made Void Enlightenment Island unstable, forcing them to escape through a Space Channel. Back in the hall, Tang Lan blamed the Death God Clone for the danger and refused to continue the Death God Trial, leaving the clone scrambling to persuade him.

• Purple Dragon led Tang Lan and the others to the Soul Mulberry Tree, and Tang Lan and Lingling harvested all one hundred and fifty Soul Mulberry Fruits.
• The island shook as the Chaos Dragon Turtle carrying Void Enlightenment Island awakened, and Azure Flood Dragon warned that they needed to leave.
• Tang Lan called for the Space Channel, then led Lingling, the Two-Headed Sky Eagle, Azure Flood Dragon, Purple Dragon, and Sha Li through it to escape.
• Back in the hall, Tang Lan confronted the Death God Clone, who explained that the small worlds were unstable and could be reinforced by another person who obtained the Death God Inheritance.
• Tang Lan refused to challenge the Seventh Trial, while Azure Flood Dragon and Purple Dragon shrank into small snakes and hid in his pocket; the Death God Clone tried to change his mind.

Tang Lan learned that the Seventh Trial required him to raise the sunken continent and entered a protected area beneath the Sea of Death to seek the Death God’s three remaining powers. He arrived at an intact village and was led to its entrance house by strange children.

• The Death God Clone explained that Tang Lan had to bring the sunken continent back to the surface and said he needed the Death God’s three powers to do it.
• The Death God Clone sent Tang Lan through a Space Channel and warned that a Soul Thought Clone guarded the powers, so his companions had to wait behind.
• Tang Lan traded fifty Void Enlightenment Tea leaves and fifty Soul Mulberry Fruits for his Sixth Gate reward, then entered the channel alone.
• Tang Lan reached a light barrier in a ten-thousand-meter-deep sea basin and found dry land, intact homes, and fields inside it.
• Several unusual children led Tang Lan along a country path to a village of about thirty households and left him at the first house.