Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen seized the Dou Sheng Skeleton and fought Star Plucking Celestial and the Icy River Valley Master, overwhelming both opponents. Star Plucking Celestial died after calling for the Hall Master, and Xiao Chen crushed the fleeing Icy River Valley Master as he tried to use his Woeful Poison Body.

• The Dou Sheng Skeleton unleashed a black halo that devoured much of the crowd, while Xiao Chen protected his group with Space Walls.
• Xiao Chen stored the Dou Sheng Skeleton in his Cosmos Ring and repelled attacks from Star Plucking Celestial and the Icy River Valley Master, Bing He.
• Xiao Chen broke the two men's combined assault and told Xian Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa to keep the others occupied.
• Xiao Chen struck Star Plucking Celestial down, and Star Plucking Celestial crushed a Jade Talisman to call for the Hall Master before his body and soul were destroyed.
• The Icy River Valley Master fled and threatened to self-destruct with his Woeful Poison Body, but Xiao Chen crushed him with a hand of chaotic energy.

After claiming the Dou Sheng Skeleton, Xiao Chen agreed to help Tang Zhen refine a pill and returned to Starfall Pavilion. In seclusion, he discovered Han Shanshan’s imprisoned spirit body in the River of Time and Space and rescued her, resolving to restore her soul and give her a new body.

• Xiao Chen destroyed the Space Passage, deterred the remaining challengers, and claimed the Dou Sheng Skeleton.
• Tang Zhen invited Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan to Burning Flame Valley and asked Xiao Chen to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for his injured daughter, Tang Huo'er.
• Xiao Chen’s group left the Ancient Ruins and returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Zi Yan was taken away by members of the Ancient Void Dragon clan.
• Xiao Chen entered seclusion and saw a vision of Han Shanshan, then used Chaos Eye to locate her shackled spirit body in the River of Time and Space.
• Xiao Chen used the Time-Space Secret Codex to rescue Han Shanshan’s sleeping spirit body and planned to restore her soul and reconstruct her body.

Xiao Chen revealed how Han Shanshan sacrificed herself to save Yao Lao, then gave Yao Lao two Soul Infant Fruits to restore her soul. Later, Xiao Chen uncovered the Great Heaven Creation Palm and shared its instructions with those present.

• Feng Xian explained that Han Shanshan had been Yao Lao's teacher and that she had disappeared long ago.
• Xiao Chen used the Time-Space Secret Codex to show how Han Shanshan sacrificed herself to revive young Yao Chen and was dragged into the river in the void.
• Yao Lao learned the truth and accepted two Soul Infant Fruits from Xiao Chen to nourish Han Shanshan's soul.
• Xiao Chen burned three ribs from the Dou Sheng Skeleton and uncovered the Great Heaven Creation Palm, a low-level Heaven Rank Dou Technique.
• Xiao Chen sent the Creation Saint's instructions into the minds of the people behind him.

Xiao Chen and the others began cultivating the Great Heaven Creation Palm, then Xiao Chen traveled to Burning Flame Valley to meet Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er. Checking in with Tang Huo'er earned him the Chaos Dragon Phoenix Flame, and he remained in the valley as Tang Zhen offered to assist with his alchemy.

• Xiao Chen divided the dark-gold liquid among the group so they could temper their palms and cultivate the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• The next day, Xiao Chen left Starfall Pavilion for Burning Flame Valley without Xiao Yan, who was gathering materials to reconstruct Han Shanshan's body.
• Elder Red Fire escorted Xiao Chen through Burning Flame Valley's spatial barrier and led him to Tang Zhen's hall.
• Tang Zhen introduced his daughter Tang Huo'er, and Xiao Chen received the Chaos Dragon Phoenix Flame after checking in with her.
• Tang Zhen offered to assist Xiao Chen when he refined pills, and Tang Huo'er reacted with a twitch of her mouth.

Xiao Chen revealed his mastery of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and agreed to treat Tang Huo'er’s Heavenly Flame backlash by keeping her with him for a year. He refined a Fire Bodhi Pill in less than two days and presented it to Tang Huo'er, leaving her about to take it.

• The Great Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder challenged Xiao Chen over his knowledge of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and he demonstrated all three transformations, forcing them to back down.
• Tang Zhen asked Xiao Chen whether he could cure Tang Huo'er, and Xiao Chen said a year by his side would resolve her Heavenly Flame backlash.
• Tang Zhen agreed that Tang Huo'er could stay with Xiao Chen for a year and proposed that she also take a Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Xiao Chen refined the Fire Bodhi Pill in less than two days with Tang Zhen's help and blasted apart the pill lightning.
• Xiao Chen gave the finished Fire Bodhi Pill to Tang Huo'er and asked her to take it.

Tang Huo'er began cultivating with the Fire Bodhi Pill while Burning Flame Valley’s elders discussed Xiao Chen and her decision to stay with him. Xiao Chen devoured the Chaos Dragon Phoenix Flame, reaching Seven-Star Dou Zun and Early Heaven Realm, and Little Fire grew into a little girl.

• Tang Huo'er thanked Xiao Chen for the Fire Bodhi Pill and returned to her chambers to refine it.
• Tang Zhen told Fire Cloud Old Ancestor about Xiao Chen, and the elders agreed to let Tang Huo'er follow him if she wished.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor revealed that he had already met Xiao Chen, who had likely sensed his presence.
• Xiao Chen swallowed and refined the Chaos Dragon Phoenix Flame in his Small World, strengthening the Ancestor Dragon Shadow, Phoenix Shadow, and Little Fire.
• Xiao Chen advanced to Seven-Star Dou Zun and Early Heaven Realm, while Little Fire grew larger and transformed into a little girl.

After returning to Starfall Pavilion with Tang Huo'er, Xiao Chen waited for the materials needed to rebuild Aunt Shan's body and cultivated in seclusion. He evolved Time-Space Power into a Time-Space Domain and planned to take Queen Medusa somewhere that could help her grow stronger.

• Little Fire revealed that she was a girl and called Xiao Chen "Daddy," so he told her to call him Master or Brother instead.
• Three days after Tang Huo'er recovered from the Fire Bodhi Pill, she and Xiao Chen left Burning Flame Valley through a Space Passage, and Tang Zhen asked Xiao Chen to take care of her.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Chen learned that the materials for rebuilding Aunt Shan's body would be ready in about half a month.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Chen she wanted to become stronger, and he promised to take her somewhere after Aunt Shan's body was rebuilt.
• After ten days of seclusion, Xiao Chen evolved a Time-Space Domain and saw it listed on his Attribute Panel.

Xiao Chen traveled to East Dragon Island after learning that Zi Yan had become trapped in a crystalline state while absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. He placed her in the Cosmos Cauldron and began trying to save her with six drops of his own Essence Blood.

• Xiao Chen agreed to accompany Third Elder Zhu Li to East Dragon Island while the others stayed behind to gather ingredients for Han Shanshan's body.
• Zhu Li explained that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had split into four islands and that Zi Yan's attempt to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit had caused its energy to crystallize throughout her body.
• Xiao Chen examined the motionless Zi Yan and revealed his powerful dragon might, assuring Zhu Li that he would save his best friend.
• Zhu Li prepared a volcanic crater and offered Xiao Chen Ancient Dragon Essence Blood to help with the lengthy refinement.
• Xiao Chen placed Zi Yan inside the Cosmos Cauldron and sent six drops of his Essence Blood into it, hoping to strengthen her bloodline and body.

Xiao Chen and Little Fire refined the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer around Zi Yan, helping her advance to One-Star Dou Sheng Peak and awaken as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor. Zi Yan took the throne and ordered the Three Great Dragon Kings’ royal bloodline reclaimed, while she and Xiao Chen teased each other in the Dragon Emperor Hall.

• Little Fire burned the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer in the Cosmos Cauldron while Xiao Chen refined its energy for Zi Yan, who told him she felt too full.
• Xiao Chen sensed guests approaching East Dragon Island, and Zhu Li left to arrange defenses against people from the other three islands.
• On the fifth day, Zi Yan emerged as a mature beauty with Heavenly Phoenix Wings and One-Star Dou Sheng Peak strength, and Zhu Li and the East Dragon Island experts knelt to welcome their Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan ordered Zhu Li and Qi You to summon the reclusive elders and tell the Three Great Dragon Kings that she would reclaim their trace of royal bloodline.
• Zi Yan asked whether Xiao Chen liked her new appearance, then accused him of bullying her and threatened to tell Cai Lin.

After returning to Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan, Xiao Chen heard Meng Er explain the Great Thousand World, its Spiritual Energy, and the threat of invading Extraterritorial Evil Demons. He resolved to create a path to immortality so he could protect his loved ones and family.

• Xiao Chen teased Zi Yan about growing up and declined her offer of Dragon Emperor Armor before leaving East Dragon Island with her.
• Meng Er told the Starfall Pavilion gathering that she had entered the Great Thousand World through the Judgment Realm, where people cultivated Spiritual Energy and even Dou Emperors were not at its peak.
• Queen Medusa asked Meng Er about her realm, and Meng Er answered that strength could not be judged simply by appearances.
• Meng Er warned that Extraterritorial Evil Demons were invading lower planes and could destroy their worlds and kill their inhabitants.
• After Mu Qingluan asked about Xiao Chen, he reflected on mortality and resolved to carve out a path to immortality to protect his loved ones and family.

Yao Chen began preparing to refine a body for Han Shanshan, while Xiao Chen took Queen Medusa to the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan to seek the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s legacy. He confessed that he loved her and considered her his fiancée as they approached the clan’s sacred headquarters.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that the materials for Han Shanshan’s body were ready, and Yao Chen began the refinement with Little Fire’s help.
• A day later, Xiao Chen left Starfall Pavilion with Queen Medusa and brought her into the Beast Region toward the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan.
• Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa entered the underground world and reached the clan’s headquarters, the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.
• Queen Medusa remarked on the clan’s formidable forces, and Xiao Chen said the Nine Serene Yellow Springs would make them seem insignificant to her.
• When Queen Medusa asked why he was helping her, Xiao Chen told her that he loved her and that she was his fiancée.

Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa descended into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, where Xiao Chen protected her from the freezing power and destroyed the strange snakes they encountered. They discovered a chained, emaciated Dou Saint who identified himself as Yao Ming, clan leader of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, and begged them to free him.

• Xiao Chen led Queen Medusa into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and used his Space Domain to part the waters.
• Xiao Chen placed a protective barrier on Queen Medusa when the increasing cold began to overwhelm her.
• Xiao Chen used Space Annihilation to kill the strange snakes that attacked them as they descended.
• Queen Medusa found four chains holding a mud-covered, skeleton-like man and revealed him by scattering the mud.
• Yao Ming introduced himself as the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan's clan leader and begged Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa to rescue him.

Xiao Chen freed Yao Ming from the Nine Serene Yellow Springs after making him accept a Slave Seal, and Yao Ming agreed to serve him and reclaim his clan chief position. Yao Xiaotian sensed the broken seal as Yao Ming recovered his strength, setting the two sides on a collision course.

• Yao Ming revealed that Yao Xiaotian had seized his position and imprisoned him, then offered the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s allegiance in exchange for rescue.
• Xiao Chen snapped one chain, planted a Slave Seal on Yao Ming, and received a Yellow Springs Blood Crystal from him.
• Yao Ming explained how the Yellow Springs Yin Stones and a mechanism in the black mountain kept him trapped, and Xiao Chen destroyed the mechanism to free him.
• Yao Ming said he had reached Two-Star Dou Saint strength and explained that Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder were his enemies; Xiao Chen gave him medicinal pills and assigned him to kill Yao Xiaotian.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed that Yao Ming’s seal had broken and told the Great Elder what had happened.

Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa emerged from the Nine Serene Yellow Springs with Yao Ming and confronted Yao Xiaotian. Xiao Chen left Yao Xiaotian gravely wounded with his Chaos Finger, while the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Yao Xiaotian learned that Yao Ming might have escaped and went to stop him while the Great Elder kept the clan gathering calm.
• Xiao Chen, Queen Medusa, and Yao Ming emerged from the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, where Yao Ming confronted Yao Xiaotian and vowed revenge.
• Yao Xiaotian attacked Xiao Chen with the Heaven Rank Yellow Springs Finger, but Xiao Chen blocked it with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Yao Xiaotian transformed into a giant black serpent and used the Yellow Springs Grand Seal, while Yao Ming warned Xiao Chen that the technique could seal him in the springs.
• Xiao Chen used the Chaos Finger, striking Yao Xiaotian from the sky and crashing him into the ground amid blood and scattered scales.

Yao Ming revealed that Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder had betrayed him and reclaimed authority over the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan with Xiao Chen’s help. The Great Elder was killed and his soul captured, leaving Yao Ming’s return uncontested.

• Yao Ming seized the wounded Yao Xiaotian and told the clan elders that Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder had ambushed and sealed him in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• The Great Elder denied Yao Ming’s identity and ordered his followers to attack, but Yao Ming produced the Nine Serene Nether Staff and stopped the other elders from immediately striking.
• The Great Elder’s dozen Dou Venerable subordinates attacked Xiao Chen, who killed them instantly with Space Power.
• The Great Elder fled, but Xiao Chen struck him down with Chaos Finger and captured his soul in a Space Barrier.
• Yao Ming’s former loyalists congratulated him on reclaiming his position and swore to follow him.

Xiao Chen sought the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, which held the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s techniques and Essence Blood, and entered it despite Yao Ming’s warning that only souls could enter. Inside, he withstood the Demon Saint’s attacks and confronted the remnant soul, which noticed that something was strange about him.

• Yao Ming told Xiao Chen that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet contained three Heaven Rank Dou Techniques and traces of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Essence Blood.
• Yao Ming led Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa to the altar where the tablet stood and warned that a remnant soul remained within it.
• Xiao Chen told Queen Medusa to wait outside and walked directly into the tablet, startling her and Yao Ming.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul attacked Xiao Chen with the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but neither harmed him.
• Xiao Chen challenged the remnant soul, which appeared on a throne atop a rising mountain and remarked on the strangeness of a Dou Venerable.

Xiao Chen took the Yellow Springs Demon Saint into the Cosmos Ring's Small World to show him a world without Dou Qi and offered to resurrect him in exchange for his service. The Yellow Springs Demon Saint accepted, gave Xiao Chen his techniques and Essence Blood, and left Xiao Chen reflecting on the power of cultivating the self.

• Xiao Chen led the Yellow Springs Demon Saint into the Cosmos Ring's Small World, where the Demon Saint discovered that Dou Qi was absent unless it flowed from Xiao Chen's ring.
• Xiao Chen offered to resurrect the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and help him reach the Dou Emperor realm in exchange for lifelong service, and the Demon Saint accepted.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint gave Xiao Chen the cultivation methods for the Yellow Springs Finger, Yellow Springs Palm, and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Xiao Chen used Soul Restraint to collect a strand of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's soul in the Cosmos Ring, and the Demon Saint then released his Essence Blood to Xiao Chen.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint asked whether Xiao Chen's power could disappear, and Xiao Chen answered, "Cultivate the self."
• Xiao Chen left the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and emerged above the altar as his presence silenced the world.

Xiao Chen obtained the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's Heaven Rank Dou Techniques and distributed them, along with Demon Saint Essence Blood and a pill, to Yao Ming and Queen Medusa. After Queen Medusa and Xiao Qi entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate, Xiao Chen returned to Starfall Pavilion, where he noticed a woman hovering above the plaza.

• Xiao Chen asked the Yellow Springs Demon Saint whether he could teach the three Heaven Rank Dou Techniques to others, then passed them to Queen Medusa and Yao Ming.
• Xiao Chen gave Yao Ming Demon Saint Essence Blood to help him advance and gave Queen Medusa more Essence Blood, a Bodhi Great Returning Pill, and three protective barriers.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, wrapped Xiao Qi in her coils, and entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate.
• Xiao Chen ordered Yao Ming to settle the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan's troubles and guard Queen Medusa, then opened a spatial gate and returned to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Chen stepped into the plaza and saw a graceful woman floating in midair.

Xiao Chen returned to Starfall Pavilion, shared the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s legacy with his allies, and secluded himself to deepen his domains. After only three days outside, he emerged as a Nine-Star Dou Zun with newly formed Time and Space Domains.

• Xiao Chen met the revived Han Shanshan and recounted how he had subdued the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan and obtained the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s techniques and essence blood.
• Xiao Chen distributed Demon Saint Essence Blood to Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and others, then taught the group the three Yellow Springs Heaven Rank Dou Techniques and warned them not to share them without his permission.
• Xiao Chen placed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul in the Cosmos Ring’s Small World, then used the Evolution Art to develop two more domains from his Time-Space Domain.
• Xiao Chen emerged from seclusion after three days outside and discovered that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun and formed the Time Domain and Space Domain.

Xiao Chen distributed Demon Saint Essence Blood and cultivation resources to his allies before traveling with Xiao Yan and Meng Er to Ancient Saint City for the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony. The three reached the city gates, where they would seek entry to the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Chen returned to the Jia Ma Empire and distributed Demon Saint Essence Blood and cultivation resources among his allies and the forces connected to him.
• Xiao Chen brought several companions back to the Jia Ma Empire, and three months passed before he set out for the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony with Xiao Yan and Meng Er.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Meng Er traveled to Ancient Stone Plaza and discussed Xiao Xuan’s tomb and the possibility of reviving him.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Meng Er reached Ancient Saint City and proceeded on foot toward its gates because of the Dou Di Power in its barrier.