Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen and Zi Yan battled the Three Great Dragon Islands, with Zi Yan summoning the Dragon Slaying Sword and Xiao Chen capturing the Three Great Dragon Kings. The Three Great Dragon Kings survived as imprisoned souls for Zi Yan to deal with.

• Xiao Chen killed and captured several Three Great Dragon Islands experts while Yao Ming, Phoenix, Kun Phoenix, Eagle Phoenix, Feng Qing'er, and East Dragon Island's elders fought the opposing forces.
• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword, severed the South Dragon King's arm, and drove many from the Three Great Dragon Islands to submit.
• The South Dragon King, West Dragon King, and North Dragon King fled as Zi Yan's Dragon Slaying Sword wounded them, while using the sword turned a strand of her hair ash-white.
• Xiao Chen appeared beside Zi Yan and unleashed Three Fingers of Chaos, All Things Perish, blasting the three fleeing Dragon Kings from their dragonized forms.
• Xiao Chen seized the Dragon Kings' weakened souls alive and left them for Zi Yan to judge.

After destroying the Three Great Dragon Kings, Xiao Chen helped Zi Yan unite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan on Ancient Dragon Island. He then visited the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, found Queen Medusa at Half-Saint, and returned with her to Starfall Pavilion, where the Space Trading Fair was three days away.

• Zi Yan sentenced the Three Great Dragon Kings and the commanders of the three dragon islands to death, and Xiao Chen destroyed their souls.
• Xiao Chen brought North Dragon Island, West Dragon Island, and South Dragon Island to East Dragon Island, then joined all four into Ancient Dragon Island under Zi Yan's rule.
• The Ancient Void Dragon Clan accepted most former members of the three islands, executed the Three Great Dragon Kings' confidants, and began rebuilding after losing several Dou Saint experts.
• Xiao Chen traveled with Yao Ming to the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and found Queen Medusa had reached Half-Saint while cultivating with Xiao Qi.
• Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao said the Space Trading Fair would begin in about three days.

Xiao Chen, Yao Lao, and Queen Medusa entered the Space Trading Fair, where Xiao Chen spotted a Seven-Colored Origin Stone and traded two eighth-grade pills for it. Queen Medusa’s blood revealed it was actually a Nine-Colored Origin Stone, and the group left with a valuable discovery.

• Xiao Chen, Yao Lao, and Queen Medusa entered the Space Trading Fair through a spatial black hole and arrived in Space Town.
• Xiao Chen searched the stalls while Queen Medusa examined the rare goods on display.
• Xiao Chen exchanged two three-colored eighth-grade pills for a Seven-Colored Origin Stone.
• Xiao Chen gave the stone to Queen Medusa, who revealed its ninth colored pattern with a drop of her blood.
• Queen Medusa identified the stone as a Nine-Colored Origin Stone.

Xiao Chen, Yao Lao, and Queen Medusa entered the Space Trading Fair, where Xiao Chen acquired a Demon Phoenix Wing and the auction continued to the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex. The chapter ended as the codex was announced as the seventeenth item, before its details or bidding were revealed.

• Queen Medusa brought out Xiao Qi and put away the Nine-Colored Origin Stone because the snake was too weak to absorb it.
• Yao Lao presented an invitation, and the group entered the Ancient Treasure Pavilion wearing cloaks that concealed their identities.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man opened the Space Trading Fair and introduced the Demon Phoenix Wing as its first auction item.
• Xiao Chen won the Demon Phoenix Wing with an eighth-tier medicinal pill, intending to return it to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan someday.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man introduced the Vajra Glazed Body, which Xiao Chen did not bid on.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man announced the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex as the seventeenth auction item.

Xiao Chen acquired the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex for Xiao Yi Xian, while Yao Lao competed for a map fragment said to be linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The trading fair ended with news that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had reappeared, as Xiao Chen suggested visiting the Demon Fire Space first.

• Xiao Chen exchanged two eighth-grade pills with Five-Colored Pill Lightning for the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex, intending it for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man auctioned a map fragment connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Yao Lao bid against a black-robed old man.
• The black-robed old man won the map fragment by offering an eighth-grade pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, then glared at Yao Lao.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had reappeared after ten thousand years, prompting an uproar among the attendees.
• Xiao Chen suggested going to the Demon Fire Space first and addressed the Purification Lotus Demon Saint.

After the Space Trading Fair revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in the Wild Ancient Domain, Xiao Chen confronted and killed the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, claiming their treasures and completing the map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He then called out to the Purification Lotus Demon Saint, whose response was left unknown.

• Treasure Mountain Old Man announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in the Wild Ancient Domain, and the Space Trading Fair ended.
• Xiao Chen, Yao Lao, and Queen Medusa left the fair, and Yao Lao identified the approaching Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts.
• Xiao Chen attacked and killed Human Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Sky Scorpion as they tried to flee.
• Xiao Chen recovered the Vajra Glazed Body and the Ancient Map fragment from the three men's Storage Rings, completing the map fragments for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Chen called on the Purification Lotus Demon Saint to come out and speak with him.

Xiao Chen used the Ancient Map to uncover the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s location and entered its sealed space alone. After passing through its illusions, he confronted a gaunt figure wielding a blood-red axe.

• Xiao Chen burned the restored Ancient Map, revealing a prophecy that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend when a rare celestial event brought the tides of heaven and earth in three years.
• Xiao Chen exposed the Demon Lotus Pattern as a remnant soul of the Purification Lotus Demon Saint and asked for the sealed flame’s Space Coordinates.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint gave Xiao Chen the coordinates, and Xiao Chen brought his remnant soul into the Small World within his Cosmos Ring.
• Xiao Chen left Yao Lao and Queen Medusa outside and followed the coordinates through the void into the space where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was sealed.
• Xiao Chen walked through the Demon Fire Illusion Boundary, dispelling its illusions, and reached a great hall where a gaunt figure raised a blood-red axe.

Xiao Chen freed Blood Axe Xiao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control and broke through the flame’s illusion to confront its true body. After securing the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s agreement to serve him in exchange for revival, Xiao Chen faced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as it summoned ten Dou Sheng-level fire slaves.

• Xiao Chen stopped Blood Axe Xiao Chen with Time Stop and used Little Fire to absorb the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame controlling him.
• Blood Axe Xiao Chen recovered his senses, and Xiao Chen explained what had happened since their era.
• Xiao Chen broke the Nightmare Illusion and revealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s true body in a sea of magma.
• Xiao Chen agreed to revive the Purification Lotus Demon Saint within a hundred years in exchange for his service, and the Demon Saint told him to deal with the flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Xiao Chen and Blood Axe Xiao Chen, then summoned ten Dou Sheng-level fire slaves.

Xiao Chen subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, erased its intelligence, and brought its Demon Fire Source to the Heavenly Tomb. He gave the flame to Xiao Yan to refine and told everyone that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would soon appear, prompting them to prepare for the Wild Ancient Domain.

• Xiao Chen used Time Power to immobilize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, erased its memories, extracted a Source Sub-fire for Little Fire, and stored the Demon Fire Source.
• Xiao Chen and Blood Axe Xiao Chen searched the Demon Fire Space for abandoned belongings before leaving and reuniting with Yao Lao and Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Chen introduced Blood Axe Xiao Chen and led the group into the Heavenly Tomb, where Blood Axe Xiao Chen rushed to Xiao Xuan's tomb residence.
• Queen Medusa joined Yue Mei and the others, while Xiao Chen and Yao Lao entered Xiao Xuan's tomb residence and discussed giving the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Chen awakened Xiao Yan and offered him the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame; Yao Lao agreed to protect him during refinement.
• Xiao Chen told everyone that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear within the month, stirring their desire to enter the Wild Ancient Domain.

Xiao Chen led a large group into the Wild Ancient Domain to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree, protecting them from the shadows as they fought through its dangers. After three days, Yun Yun and the others reached the Ancient Domain Platform with no one missing.

• Xiao Chen sent those below Half-Saint into the Wild Ancient Domain while the stronger experts hid to protect them.
• Yun Yun led the group through poisonous mist and attacks by savage beasts, while Xiao Chen secretly saved Xiao Mei and Yao Yue from danger.
• Xiao Chen killed three Five-Star Dou Venerable Flying Demon Wolves that blocked the group’s path.
• After traveling for three days, Yun Yun and the others reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where more than a hundred people had already gathered.

Yun Yun and the others reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where five Half-Saint puppets guarded the Bodhi Heart. Tian Ming Old Demon arrived seeking a breakthrough, but after Tian Ming Zi was struck down, an unseen opponent wounded him and revealed Dou Saint-level strength.

• Xiao Chen noted that no Soul Clan members had entered the Wild Ancient Domain.
• Yun Yun and the others crossed the beast tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where they saw the Bodhi Heart.
• Five Half-Saint puppets emerged from the tree, causing most of the weaker experts to retreat.
• Tian Ming Old Demon and Tian Ming Zi arrived with Heavenly Underworld Sect experts, and Tian Ming Zi challenged Xiao Chen.
• An unseen attacker shattered Tian Ming Zi's body, but Tian Ming Old Demon caught his soul.
• Tian Ming Old Demon was struck and sent flying, then realized his opponent was a Dou Saint.

Xiao Chen entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and discovered that negative emotions from a black-clothed Dou Emperor were corrupting it. He found that his flames could refine Bodhi Seeds far more efficiently than the tree could, and began using them to purge the corruption.

• Tian Ming Old Demon and Tian Ming Zi were killed by spatial fissures and golden flames, frightening the onlookers.
• Xiao Chen told Yun Yun and the others to wait outside, then entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree alone.
• Xiao Chen shattered the illusion inside the tree and witnessed a black-clothed Dou Emperor fight the Bodhi Ancient Tree before another Dou Emperor intervened.
• Xiao Chen used his Chaos Eye to see black qi corroding the Bodhi Ancient Tree and asked it for Bodhi Seeds.
• Little Fire refined a Bodhi Seed into pure qi, which purged a faint strand of black qi from the tree.
• Xiao Chen refined another Bodhi Seed into denser pure qi, expelled more black qi, and used one-tenth of his Dou Qi in the process.

Xiao Chen purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree, collected its seeds and heart, and left the Wild Ancient Domain with Yun Yun and the others. After threatening the greedy onlookers, he departed through a spatial gate with his newly obtained treasures.

• Xiao Chen used twenty Bodhi Seeds and his flames to purge the Bodhi Ancient Tree of its black Qi and negative emotions.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered Enlightenment, but Xiao Chen declined and collected thirty Bodhi Seeds and one Bodhi Heart.
• As the Bodhi Ancient Tree sank underground, Xiao Chen sensed people targeting him and killed some with his Space Power.
• Xiao Chen intimidated the remaining crowd and told Yun Yun and the others to leave with him.
• Xiao Chen and his group entered a spatial gate atop a mountain peak.

Xiao Chen learned from Xiao Xuan and the Demon Saints that reaching Dou Di required an Emperor Realm Soul and the rare Origin Emperor Qi, which was expected to return as the Plane Passage opened. He gave Xun'er the Bodhi Heart and Yellow Springs Demon Saint's refined essence blood to help her advance, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er continued cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Chen distributed thirty Bodhi Seeds among his companions at Starfall Pavilion, gave the Bodhi Heart to Xun'er, and sent everyone to cultivate while he returned to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the Heavenly Tomb Soul was formed from lingering souls and that absorbing it could provide the soul power needed to reach the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Xuan, Yellow Springs Demon Saint, and Purification Lotus Demon Saint concluded that Origin Emperor Qi was necessary for a Dou Sheng to break through to Dou Di.
• Xiao Xuan named Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and the missing Old Dragon Emperor as the experts who currently met the known requirements for attempting to reach Dou Di.
• Xiao Chen placed the Bodhi Heart inside Xun'er to aid her breakthrough and then gave her Yellow Springs Demon Saint's purified essence blood.

Xiao Chen and Zi Yan traveled through Jia Nan Academy’s Magma World, descending past the Lizardmen into the ancient spatial world created by Tou She Ancient God. They reached a colossal stone gate bearing the words “Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.”

• Xiao Chen discussed the possible breakthroughs of Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and the Old Dragon Emperor with Xiao Xuan and the two Demon Saints, then decided to visit the Old Dragon Emperor with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Chen met Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy and asked Su Qian to let them enter the Magma World.
• Zi Yan sensed a pull from beneath the magma, and Xiao Chen took her hand as they descended through a passage he opened.
• Xiao Chen explained the Lizardmen’s strength and Yao Lao’s past calamity, then drove off two Half-Saint Lizardmen without pursuing them.
• Xiao Chen and Zi Yan passed beyond the magma into the ancient spatial world and found a vast stone gate labeled “Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.”

Xiao Chen and Zi Yan reunited with Zhu Kun in the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, where he revealed his plans to break through to Dou Di. Xiao Chen returned to the Heavenly Tomb and discussed the Soul Clan’s threat with Xiao Xuan, then checked on Xun’er and Xiao Yan.

• Zi Yan recognized Zhu Kun as her father, and Zhu Kun reunited with her after a thousand years apart.
• Xiao Chen told Zhu Kun about the outside world and learned that Zhu Kun was a Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak with an Emperor Realm Soul who expected to break through within one to three years.
• Zhu Kun threw Xiao Chen away when Xiao Chen called him “Father-in-law,” then warned that Hun Tiandi might break through before him and become a threat.
• Xiao Chen and Zi Yan left the Magma World, met Su Qian and Mang Tianchi, and Xiao Chen sent Zi Yan to Starfall Pavilion before heading to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Xuan that Zhu Kun would not oppose them, and Xiao Xuan warned that the Soul Clan might target Gu Yuan as he tried to break through.
• Xiao Chen found Xun’er still short of Dou Sheng and learned from Yao Lao that Xiao Yan needed more time to finish refining.

Xiao Chen visited Gu Yuan in the Ancient Realm and offered him Origin Emperor Qi as a betrothal gift for Xun'er. Gu Yuan accepted the gift and began a deep breakthrough toward Dou Di, while Xiao Chen returned to the Heavenly Tomb and spotted a graceful red figure.

• Xiao Chen left Xiao Xuan's Tomb and traveled to the Ancient Realm to meet Gu Yuan in seclusion.
• Xiao Chen told Gu Yuan he had come to deliver a betrothal gift and admitted he had become involved with many women.
• Xiao Chen presented Gu Yuan with Origin Emperor Qi, and Gu Yuan agreed to let him and Xun'er settle their relationship themselves.
• Gu Yuan asked the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan to guard him as he began a deep breakthrough.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Heavenly Tomb, checked his bruised face, and noticed a graceful red figure below.

Xiao Chen rescued Huo Zhi after she was surrounded by powerful Energy Bodies in the Heavenly Tomb. He carried her away while observing the newly formed Energy Bodies, and Little Fire sensed the Red Lotus Karma Fire within Huo Zhi.

• Huo Zhi used her clan mark to strengthen herself and destroy weaker Energy Bodies, but three Nine-Star Dou Zun Energy Bodies and their allies overwhelmed her.
• Xiao Chen blocked the attacks aimed at Huo Zhi and annihilated all the Energy Bodies with a single wave of his hand.
• Huo Zhi feared Xiao Chen might take her Red Lotus Karma Fire, but he caught her when she collapsed unconscious from her injuries and exhaustion.
• Xiao Chen carried Huo Zhi into the void and waited as newly formed Energy Bodies gathered nearby.
• Little Fire sensed the Red Lotus Karma Fire stirring within Huo Zhi and licked her lips eagerly.

Xiao Chen and Huo Zhi hid from a gathering of powerful Energy Bodies in the Heavenly Tomb, including a Dou Saint-level one, while Xiao Chen suspected the Heavenly Tomb Spirit had created them. The chapter ended with Huo Zhi recovering in a cave after Xiao Chen treated her and told her to keep what happened between them secret.

• Xiao Chen saw a Half-Saint-level Energy Body arrive, followed by a Dou Saint-level Energy Body, both clad in black armor with hollow eyes.
• Xiao Chen concealed himself and Huo Zhi behind a Space Barrier and watched the Energy Bodies gather and then leave.
• Xiao Chen told Huo Zhi he had already become a Dou Saint, leaving her stunned.
• After the Energy Bodies departed, Xiao Chen emerged with Huo Zhi and asked what he should do with her, prompting her to call him a bastard.
• Huo Chen recovered in a Mountain Cave after Xiao Chen gave her a medicinal pill and treated her wounds, and she recalled his words: “This is our secret.”