Chapter Summaries

Ao Qing battled the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which resisted his attempt to take it with devastating power and a torrent of Bodhi Seeds. He subdued its phantom but learned that the real ancient tree was far beyond his reach, leaving him to abandon the effort for now.

• Purification Lotus Demon Saint arrived and offered to protect the others while Ao Qing faced the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Ao Qing sent the others away and stopped the Bodhi Ancient Tree from sinking underground to escape.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree attacked Ao Qing with a destructive pillar of light, which he shattered before trying to uproot it.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree unleashed countless Bodhi Seeds as a torrent of energy, and Ao Qing swallowed the attack and sealed its phantom.
• The phantom vanished, revealing the enormous real Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Purification Lotus Demon Saint told Ao Qing that only becoming a Dou Emperor might let him challenge it again.

Ao Qing and Queen Medusa entered the Nether Serpent Earth Vein to investigate the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan and descended into the Nine Netherworld Underworld. There, Queen Medusa found the imprisoned former Clan Leader Yao Ming, and Ao Qing confirmed his account of Yao Xiaotian’s betrayal.

• After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Ao Qing learned that Nine Serene Earth Python Clan members wanted Queen Medusa to become their Clan Leader, so they traveled to the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.
• Ao Qing concealed himself and Queen Medusa with spatial power as they passed the clan’s powerful experts and reached the Nine Netherworld Underworld.
• Queen Medusa fought off pursuing black snakes with her flames and reached the bottom of the underworld, where she found no Netherworld Blood Crystals.
• Queen Medusa discovered Yao Ming bound by four enormous chains and learned that Yao Xiaotian had poisoned him, seized the Clan Leader position, and imprisoned him for hundreds of years.
• Ao Qing appeared beside Queen Medusa and confirmed that Yao Ming’s story was true.

Medusa agreed to free Yao Ming in exchange for placing a soul seal on him, and Ao Qing broke the Netherworld Yin Stone mechanism imprisoning him. With the seal gone, Yao Xiaotian rushed to the prison while Yao Ming began recovering so he could leave the Nine Netherworld Underworld and reclaim his clan.

• Yao Ming told Medusa that he was a Two-Star Dou Saint and described Yao Tianxiao and the Grand Elder as the main threats to his return.
• Medusa demanded permission to place a soul seal on Yao Ming, and he agreed before giving her a Netherworld Blood Crystal.
• Medusa failed to damage the Netherworld Yin Stone, but Ao Qing pierced its hidden mechanism with Heavenly Flame and broke Yao Ming's chains.
• Yao Tianxiao sensed that Yao Ming's seal had broken and left the palace to stop his escape while the Grand Elder kept the gathering calm.
• Ao Qing supported the weakened Yao Ming, gave him medicinal pills, and urged him to leave the underworld and recover before confronting Yao Tianxiao.

Ao Qing and Queen Medusa confronted Yao Tianxiao in the Nine Netherworld Underworld, where Queen Medusa defeated him and Yao Ming recovered his strength. The clan’s elders and guards surrounded the intruders, but Yao Ming revealed that Yao Tianxiao and the Grand Elder had poisoned and sealed him, leaving the clan’s allegiance uncertain.

• Yao Ming warned Ao Qing and Queen Medusa that Yao Tianxiao was a mid-stage One-Star Dou Saint, and Ao Qing sent Yao Ming to recover while Queen Medusa faced Yao Tianxiao.
• Queen Medusa countered Yao Tianxiao’s Yellow Spring Finger and broke free after he used the Netherworld Grand Seal to smash her into the lake.
• Queen Medusa struck Yao Tianxiao with a golden palm and fire lotus, then pinned him as Nine Serene Earth Python Clan elders and Nether Serpent Guards arrived.
• Yao Tianxiao escaped Queen Medusa’s restraint and ordered the elders to form the Ten Thousand Serpents Grand Formation around her and Ao Qing.
• Yao Ming returned, prompting several elders to recognize their former Clan Leader, while Yao Tianxiao tried to dismiss him as an impostor.
• Yao Ming accused Yao Tianxiao and the Grand Elder of poisoning him and sealing him in the Nine Netherworld Underworld for hundreds of years.

Yao Ming revealed the Nine Netherworld Scepter and rallied the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan against Yao Tianxiao, while Medusa fought Yao Tianxiao and the Grand Elder. Yao Ming revealed that he had recovered to Two-Star Dou Saint and moved to settle his score with Yao Tianxiao as Ao Qing confronted the Grand Elder.

• Yao Ming produced the Nine Netherworld Scepter, prompting the elders to dispute who held the right to lead the clan.
• Yao Tianxiao and the Grand Elder attacked Yao Ming, but Medusa drove them back and fought them while Elder Ming and other elders restrained Yao Tianxiao's supporters.
• Medusa clashed head-on with Yao Tianxiao and the Grand Elder using the Azure Lotus Creation Palm and the fused Five Seals of the Emperor Seal Technique.
• Yao Ming revealed his Two-Star Dou Saint strength and told Ao Qing he had recovered sixty percent of his power.
• Yao Ming advanced on Yao Tianxiao to avenge his suffering, while Ao Qing confronted the Grand Elder and left him trembling with fear.

Ao Qing and Yao Ming defeated the Grand Elder’s faction, with Yao Ming killing Yao Tianxiao and taking his Magic Core. When the dying Nine-Star Dou Saint Yao Ye appeared to protect the clan, Ao Qing clarified that he had come to help, not attack the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan.

• Ao Qing overpowered the Grand Elder while Yao Ming fought and defeated Yao Tianxiao.
• Yao Ming killed Yao Tianxiao, removed his Magic Core, and turned his attention to the Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder tried to flee and sacrificed his blood and life force, but Ao Qing’s dragon-claw attack overwhelmed him.
• Yao Ye appeared and blocked Ao Qing’s attack, revealing himself as an ancient Nine-Star Dou Saint of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan.
• Yao Ming explained that Ao Qing had helped free the clan from the Grand Elder’s rule, and Yao Ye apologized to Ao Qing.
• Ao Qing said he had no intention of attacking the clan and accepted Yao Ye’s apology.

Ao Qing left the Nine Serene Earth Python territory after Medusa declined to take control of the clan, while Yao Ye prepared to pass on its inheritance to Yao Ming. At Jia Nan Academy, Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame approached Ao Qing to negotiate over the ancient jade and propose joining forces to explore the Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode.

• Ao Qing asked Medusa whether she wanted to control the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, and she said she only wanted to stay by his side.
• Ao Qing reminded Yao Ye and Yao Ming that their clan was subordinate to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then departed with Medusa; Yao Ye wept and took Yao Ming to discuss the clan's inheritance.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame decided to approach Ao Qing because they could not obtain the ancient jades held by Gu Yuan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where Ao Qing met them outside the Star Realm.
• Hun Tiandi proposed exploring the Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode with Ao Qing and offered to trade for the Yao Clan's ancient jade, promising the Ancient Void Dragon Clan a place in the expedition once all Eight Jade were assembled.

Ao Qing bargained with Hun Tiandi for the Yao Clan's Ancient Jade, demanding something from Nihility Devouring Flame in return. After the Purification Lotus Demon Saint fought Hun Tiandi to force the issue, Nihility Devouring Flame agreed, and Ao Qing extracted the Origin of Heavenly Dao before handing over the Ancient Jade.

• Ao Qing rejected Hun Tiandi's oath and offered to trade the Yao Clan's Ancient Jade for something inside Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint attacked Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame, then battled Hun Tiandi with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's power.
• Ao Qing stopped the fight and pressed Hun Tiandi to accept the exchange, warning that the Soul Clan could not take the Ancient Jade by force.
• Hun Tiandi agreed to the deal, and Nihility Devouring Flame allowed Ao Qing to take what he wanted.
• Ao Qing extracted the Origin of Heavenly Dao from Nihility Devouring Flame and tossed the Yao Clan's Ancient Jade to Hun Tiandi.

Hun Tiandi traded for an Ancient Jade and left, while Ao Qing expected the exchange to provoke the Gu Clan into action. At the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan’s headquarters, Huang Tian attacked to seize Qing Lin, but Fourth Elder Zhu Li arrived to confront him.

• Hun Tiandi accepted an Ancient Jade from Ao Qing in exchange for the Origin of Heavenly Dao within Nihility Devouring Flame and departed with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Ao Qing told the Purification Lotus Demon Saint that they possessed more than one piece of Ancient Jade and expected the Gu Clan to react to news of the trade.
• Huang Tian surrounded the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan and demanded that Yao Ming hand over Qing Lin, who was cultivating in the Nine Netherworld Underworld.
• Yao Ming refused to surrender Qing Lin, and Huang Tian injured him and knocked back the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan elders when they tried to stop him.
• Fourth Elder Zhu Li appeared before Huang Tian and challenged his attack on a Jia Nan Academy student.

The West Dragon King arrived at the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan and stopped Huang Tian from dragging Cai Lin out of the Nine Netherworld Underworld. After Huang Tian and the West Dragon King clashed, the West Dragon King sent him flying with a Returning Dragon Probe.

• Yao Ming formed the Coiling Serpent Grand Array, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan countered with the Celestial Phoenix Ancient Formation.
• Huang Tian broke through the serpent formation, reached the Nine Netherworld Underworld, and shattered its ice to search for Cai Lin.
• The West Dragon King struck Huang Tian with soul soundwaves, then restored the underworld and confronted him over his interference with Qing Lin’s cultivation.
• Huang Tian and the West Dragon King exchanged threats before Huang Tian attacked with the Dragon Emperor Palm; their clash injured both of them.
• Huang Tian pursued the retreating West Dragon King, who turned and sent him flying with a Returning Dragon Probe.

The West Dragon King outmaneuvered Huang Tian with his soul perception and Coagulated Fire Finger, but Huang Tian transformed into his true body and launched a devastating charge. The Fourth Elder intervened, killing Huang Tian with a single enormous palm.

• Huang Tian overwhelmed the West Dragon King with his Heavenly Phoenix Step until the West Dragon King used his soul perception to locate Huang Tian’s true body.
• The West Dragon King pierced Huang Tian’s hand with Coagulated Fire Finger and detonated it, leaving Huang Tian badly burned but alive.
• Enraged, Huang Tian transformed into a gigantic Heavenly Phoenix and charged at the West Dragon King.
• The West Dragon King retreated as the Fourth Elder struck Huang Tian with an enormous palm, shattering his body and killing him.

After Huang Tian’s death, Fourth Elder Zhu Li met Yao Ye and learned that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s Huang Wuji was still alive and possessed overwhelming strength. The two considered seeking help against the approaching threat.

• Huang Wuji sensed Huang Tian’s death, erupted from the volcano, and tore open space to leave the forbidden ground.
• Zhu Li arrived beside Yao Ming after killing Huang Tian, and Yao Ming respectfully greeted the Ancient Void Dragon Clan elder.
• Yao Ye emerged from the void and reunited with Zhu Li, who revealed that all eight brothers were still alive.
• Yao Ye warned Zhu Li that Huang Wuji remained alive, could act freely, and might be a mid- or late-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Ye asked whether they should inform Zhu Li’s eldest brother and the others because he and Zhu Li might not defeat Huang Wuji.

Zhu Li summoned the Purification Lotus Demon Saint to face Huang Wuji, who arrived at the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan’s territory after the clan members had withdrawn. Yao Ye mistakenly believed reinforcements were certain to come and boldly taunted Huang Wuji, but learned that Zhu Li was unsure whether anyone would answer.

• Zhu Li refused to contact his elder brother or Young Master Ao Qing and instead used a jade tablet to call the Purification Lotus Demon Saint for help.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint received Zhu Li’s message at Jia Nan Academy and immediately set out for the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan’s territory.
• Yao Ye ordered Yao Ming to evacuate the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan members, while the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan members fled after Huang Tian’s death.
• Huang Wuji arrived with the aura of a Nine-Star Dou Saint and accused Zhu Li and Yao Ye of killing the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan Leader.
• Yao Ye boldly admitted that they had killed Huang Tian, then learned from Zhu Li that the summoned experts might not come and that they might have to flee.

Huang Wuji confronted Zhu Li and Yao Ye over Huang Tian’s death, but Zhu Li’s defiance pushed him to unleash his power. With battle unavoidable, Yao Ye resolved to sacrifice himself to injure Huang Wuji, leaving Zhu Li to face the crisis.

• Huang Wuji asked Zhu Li whether the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had killed Huang Tian, while Yao Ye feared Zhu Li would blame the murder on him.
• Yao Ye declared that he and Zhu Li had killed Huang Tian, and Zhu Li did not deny it.
• Huang Wuji considered using Yao Ye as a scapegoat but became furious when Zhu Li challenged his threat of retaliation.
• Huang Wuji released his Nine-Star Dou Saint Middle Stage aura and prepared to fight Zhu Li and Yao Ye.
• Yao Ye told Zhu Li to protect the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan and suggested that a Nine-Star Dou Saint’s self-destruction could severely injure Huang Wuji.

Elder Zhu Li fought Huang Wuji to protect Yao Ye, but despite landing a powerful blow, he exhausted himself while Huang Wuji recovered and prepared to finish the fight. An unfamiliar voice then emerged from the void, greeting Huang Wuji and Yao Ye.

• Elder Zhu Li stopped Yao Ye from attacking and challenged Huang Wuji himself.
• Huang Wuji transformed into a Heaven Demon Phoenix and attacked Zhu Li, who answered with his Ancient Void Dragon form and bound Huang Wuji in a crushing dragon net.
• Huang Wuji escaped the net but took a heavy blow from Zhu Li’s tail and crashed through a mountain before rising again apparently recovered.
• Zhu Li returned to human form, exhausted, as Huang Wuji declared that he would end the fight and surged toward him.
• An ethereal voice from the void called Huang Wuji a mangy bird and greeted Yao Ye as a little snake.

Purification Lotus Demon Saint arrived and defeated Huang Wuji after he attacked Qing Lin. Outside the Soul World, Gu Yuan and the allied clans fought the Soul Clan, but Hun Yuantian’s appearance turned the battle against them, forcing Gu Yuan to order a retreat.

• Purification Lotus Demon Saint arrived, revealed his peak Dou Saint aura, and overwhelmed Huang Wuji with Demon Fire Divine Swords until Huang Wuji admitted fault and asked to end the fight.
• Gu Yuan led the Gu, Flame, and Thunder Clans against Hun Tiandi and demanded the Ancient Jade, but Hun Tiandi refused and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the Gu Clan launched their formations at the Soul Clan, but Hun Tiandi blocked their combined attacks with a net of black chains.
• Gu Yuan confronted Hun Tiandi while Lei Ying and Yan Jin engaged Nihility Devouring Flame, and the allied forces clashed with the Soul Clan across the battlefield.
• Hun Yuantian emerged from the black clouds and defeated Gu Dao, while the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints drove back the other immortals.
• Gu Yuan recognized the battle was turning against the alliance and ordered a retreat.

The allied army broke through the Soul Clan’s Death Realm, but Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with the Soul World before the clans could stop them. Gu Yuan vowed to monitor the Soul Clan and prevent it from reaching Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion, while Hun Tiandi explained why he had ordered the formation withdrawn.

• Nihility Devouring Flame learned that Hun Yuantian had withdrawn the Gate of Dead Silence on Hun Tiandi’s order and struck him for leaving the Death Realm incomplete.
• Nihility Devouring Flame transformed into a black-flame black hole as the Soul Clan experts retreated and the Soul World disappeared; Gu Lie and the allied army attacked to stop them.
• Hun Tiandi emerged to block the allied army’s strongest attacks, then escaped through the black hole with the Soul Clan.
• Gu Yuan said the Soul Clan had obtained all the Tou She Ancient God Jades and vowed to monitor it personally until it moved toward Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame and the other Soul Clan experts that Gu Yuan had not possessed an Ancient Jade, because he would not otherwise have brought the Thunder and Flame Clans to the Soul World.

Hun Tiandi suspected the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had the final piece of the Tuo She Ancient Jade, while the Three-Clan Coalition destroyed the Soul Hall and found it emptied. Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Soul Hall’s stored Soul Origins to enter the Emperor Realm Soul, and Hun Tiandi prepared to seek the Eight Jade and Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.

• Hun Tiandi suspected the Ancient Void Dragon Clan held the final piece of the Tuo She Ancient Jade and decided to wait until Nihility Devouring Flame reached the Emperor Realm Soul before making further plans.
• The Three-Clan Coalition searched Central State and destroyed the Soul Hall’s branch halls, but Gu Yuan and the others discovered the Soul Clan had evacuated its experts and Soul Origins.
• Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Soul Origins gathered by the Soul Hall and broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame agreed to gather the Eight Jade and locate Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion, where Hun Tiandi hoped to obtain the Prototype Emperor Pill.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recalled that Tou She Ancient God had once devoured it and concealed its growing resentment from Hun Tiandi.

Ao Qing refined the Nine Mysterious Golden Thunder into a Ninth Grade Mysterious Thunder Tribulation Pill in the Void Thunder Pool, then consumed it to strengthen himself. After emerging from seclusion, he had reached Eight-Star Peak Dou Saint, and the elders judged that he could now stand against Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan.

• Ao Qing used his Emperor Realm Soul to seize and crush the Nine Mysterious Golden Thunder, then gathered medicinal ingredients to refine it into a Thunder Tribulation Pill.
• After nearly a month and a half of refining, Ao Qing completed the Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill and caught it when it tried to flee.
• Ao Qing swallowed the Thunder Tribulation Pill and absorbed its violent lightning energy with the help of his Dragon Flame and Emperor Realm Soul.
• Ao Qing cultivated for twelve days as a tide of heaven and earth energy gathered above the Void Thunder Pool.
• Ao Qing emerged from seclusion as an Eight-Star Peak Dou Saint, and Zhu Qian and the elders praised his strength.

Nihility Devouring Flame visited Huang Wuji and offered to reveal the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion in exchange for help gaining his freedom. He convinced Huang Wuji by revealing that Tou She Ancient God was the Heavenly Flame ranked first, leaving Huang Wuji ready to believe his claim.

• Ao Qing broke through to the peak of the Eight-Star Dou Saint realm while Nihility Devouring Flame left the Soul World and arrived in the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan Territory.
• Nihility Devouring Flame tempted Huang Wuji with the promise of power, and Huang Wuji admitted he wanted to become stronger.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Huang Wuji he knew where Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion was and offered the location in exchange for help gaining his freedom.
• Huang Wuji questioned whether the cave mansion and its location were real, so Nihility Devouring Flame explained that Tou She Ancient God had been the Heavenly Flame ranked first.
• Huang Wuji accepted the revelation as proof that Nihility Devouring Flame could know the cave mansion's location.