Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan and Tang Zhen subdued the Soul Devouring Wolf, and Tang Zhen warned Yang Shan to avoid the Soul Hall’s factional struggles. The chapter ended with Tang Zhen suspecting that Yang Shan could refine the captured soul and soon reach the Spirit Realm Perfect Stage.

• Yang Shan’s Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls blocked the Soul Devouring Wolf’s soul attack, allowing Tang Zhen to use the Three Mystic Transformations of Heavenly Flame and raise his cultivation from five to seven stars.
• Tang Zhen struck the Soul Devouring Wolf with Taiyi Fire Luo Palm and prepared to follow with Nine Dragons Flame Burst, but Yang Shan asked him to show mercy.
• Yang Shan weakened the Soul Devouring Wolf with another Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, then sealed it inside a Soul Restraining Pearl.
• Yang Shan told Tang Zhen that Hun Dan had given him the Soul Restraining Pearl, and Tang Zhen warned him not to become entangled in the Soul Hall’s internal factional struggles.
• Tang Zhen explained that the Soul Hall had become low-profile after its past violence and cautioned Yang Shan that its powerful factions could threaten him.
• Tang Zhen inferred that Yang Shan could refine the Soul Devouring Wolf’s soul and congratulated him on nearing the Spirit Realm Perfect Stage.

After killing the Soul Devouring Wolf, Yang Shan reached the peak of Nine Star Dou Zong and unlocked the Dou Zun breakthrough panel, which revealed a limit of three Dou Zun players in the current version. Back in the cave, Tang Zhen explained the foundations of breaking through to Dou Zun while hoping Yang Shan would eventually refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er.

• Yang Shan gained enough experience from the Soul Devouring Wolf to reach the peak of Nine Star Dou Zong and unlock the Dou Zun Breakthrough Panel.
• Yang Shan learned that version 3.1 allowed only three Dou Zun players in the Central Plains, and considered how the restriction could make peak players target those who advanced first.
• Tang Zhen burned the Soul Devouring Wolf's corpse, then returned with Yang Shan to Star Dust Plain and reunited with Tang Huo'er in a cave.
• Tang Huo'er revealed that Yang Shan was a Seven-Rank Alchemist, and Tang Zhen asked him to try refining a Fire Bodhi Pill if he became an Eighth Grade Alchemist.
• Yang Shan asked Tang Zhen how to break through to Dou Zun, and Tang Zhen explained that the transformation strengthened the body and Space Power, with a sturdy foundation and tempered Constitution being important.

Yang Shan reached the Spirit Realm Perfect Stage by absorbing the Soul Devouring Wolf’s soul, then triggered the opening of the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove and spent Good Fortune to improve his chances. At the same time, Xiao Xun’er received the trove’s token, and Gu Yuan urged her to claim its Dou Di opportunity for the Ancient Clan.

• Yang Shan examined the newly unlocked Dou Zun development values, heard Tang Zhen explain Honored Body cultivation, and planned to seek guidance on Space Power.
• Tang Zhen took Tang Huo’er back to the Burning Flame Valley, while Yang Shan explored the Starless Perilous Land and waited for the Soul Devouring Wolf’s will to fade.
• Yang Shan refined the Soul Devouring Wolf’s soul, raised his Soul Strength to the Spirit Realm Perfect Stage, and gained progress toward the Heaven Realm.
• Yang Shan’s soul transformation triggered the Hundred Treasures Token, opening a passage to the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove, and he confirmed spending 10 points of Good Fortune.
• Gu Yuan met Xiao Xun’er after seeing the token in her hand and urged her to seize the trove’s Dou Di opportunity for the Ancient Clan.

Yang Shan entered the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove and followed his own idea of affinity through one of its wooden doors. He encountered a Nine Star Dou Zong Treasure-Storing Puppet and began fighting it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yang Shan asked Su Yitang to keep him informed about major developments while he was inside the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove.
• Yang Shan watched Yi Qingyang defeat Shen Han and enter the Heaven Ranking, then spent nine hours preparing before logging back into the game.
• Yang Shan entered the Emperor Trove, where the Ten Thousand Treasures Ancient Emperor's voice urged him to follow his intent and affinity.
• Yang Shan tried to fly away from the wooden doors, but they followed him, so he chose a door by spinning and charging into it.
• Yang Shan found a Five-Colored Treasure-Storing Puppet with the combat power of a Nine Star Dou Zong and attacked it with Soul Shattering Finger to slow its pursuit.

Yang Shan defeated a Treasure-Storing Puppet and obtained an Ancient Wasteland Map Crystal, then set out toward a marked opportunity. After sensing Ice River Venerable fighting nearby, Yang Shan fled and chose a more distant destination.

• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls and repeated Soul Shattering Finger attacks with his Thunder Phantom Body to overwhelm the Treasure-Storing Puppet.
• Yang Shan defeated the puppet, and it fell apart when he struck it, revealing an Ancient Wasteland Map Crystal.
• Yang Shan activated the crystal, saw five marked locations, and flew toward the nearest one.
• Yang Shan detected concealed Dou Qi fluctuations, disguised himself as Huang Chao, and investigated a defensive barrier.
• Yang Shan discovered Ice River Venerable, a Five Star Dou Zun, fighting a puppet, so he fled and decided to pursue a farther point of light.

Yang Shan tried to claim a golden chest guarded by a powerful puppet, only to discover how severely Dou Zun realm suppression weakened his attacks. When Xiao Kuang arrived and ordered him away, Yang Shan retreated toward Ice River Venerable, planning to make the two experts confront each other.

• Yang Shan found a Two Star Dou Zun Treasure Guardian Puppet beside a golden chest and attacked it from a distance with Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls.
• Yang Shan stunned the puppet with soul damage, but the chest proved too heavy to move, and his close-range attack dealt only 119 damage.
• Yang Shan used Overload to keep wearing down the puppet, then sensed someone approaching and stopped his assault.
• Xiao Kuang arrived, revealed himself as a Two Star Dou Zun from the Xiao Clan, and ordered Yang Shan to leave.
• Yang Shan withdrew toward the place where he had encountered Ice River Venerable, hoping to turn the encounter to his advantage.

Yang Shan lured Xiao Kuang into fighting a Five Star Dou Zun puppet so Ice River Venerable could intervene while he prepared to steal Xiao Kuang’s treasure. After Xiao Kuang overpowered the puppet, Ice River Venerable emerged and ordered him to leave.

• Yang Shan decided not to confront Xiao Kuang directly and set up his Thunder Phantom Body to lure Xiao Kuang toward the Five Star Dou Zun puppet.
• Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body detonated an overloaded attack against the puppet, then drew Xiao Kuang to the battlefield while making the explosion seem like the work of a Heaven Demon Phoenix prodigy.
• Xiao Kuang mistook the Thunder Phantom Body for a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan prodigy and went on to fight the Five Star Dou Zun puppet with his Nine Ring Blade and Blood Demon Lightning.
• Yang Shan watched the fight from a distance, judged Xiao Kuang’s technique unimpressive, and prepared to take the treasure as Ice River Venerable approached.
• Ice River Venerable emerged from a spatial rift after Xiao Kuang defeated the puppet and ordered him to leave.

Xiao Xun'er rebuked Lei Che and Huo Ran for following her while Yang Shan watched Xiao Kuang fight Ice River Venerable in the Ancient Wasteland. Yang Shan stole the first-class treasure, a Heavenly Infiltrating Grape Fruit, but its ten-minute signal prevented him from storing it, so Ice River Venerable and Xiao Kuang pursued him.

• Xiao Xun'er warned Lei Che and Huo Ran to stop calling her their sister-in-law and threatened them with the Golden Emperor Burning Flame when they kept following her.
• Yang Shan observed Xiao Kuang and Ice River Venerable clash, and Ice River Venerable's century-trained technique overcame Xiao Kuang's Heavenly Mystic Falling Thunder Strike.
• Yang Shan opened a golden treasure chest and grabbed the purple jade sphere inside before Ice River Venerable could claim it.
• The system identified the sphere as the Heavenly Infiltrating Grape Fruit, a first-class treasure that would emit noticeable fluctuations for ten minutes and could not be stored.
• Yang Shan fled using the Three Thousand Thunder Movement, and Ice River Venerable and Xiao Kuang chased after him.

Yang Shan stole the Heavenly Infiltrating Grape Fruit, but Ice River Venerable and Xiao Kuang pursued him. Xiao Xun'er arrived to protect Yang Shan, drove Ice River Venerable away, and left Xiao Kuang fuming after calmly insisting that Yang Shan could defeat him.

• Yang Shan escaped with the Heavenly Infiltrating Grape Fruit while Ice River Venerable pursued him and attacked with Ice Venerable Strength.
• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls to stall Ice River Venerable, hoping Xiao Kuang would arrive and help him confront the stronger Dou Zun.
• Xiao Kuang attacked Yang Shan through a spatial rift, but Xiao Xun'er appeared and destroyed his Blood Thunder Blade Qi with her golden flames.
• Xiao Xun'er challenged Xiao Kuang for attacking Yang Shan and declared that a Nine Star Dou Zong Yang Shan could defeat him in one move.
• After Yang Shan confirmed he had taken the treasure from Ice River Venerable, Xiao Xun'er let the elder leave, and he fled through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Xun'er prepared to leave with Yang Shan, but Xiao Kuang stopped them and complained that she had insulted him by praising Yang Shan.

Yang Shan reunited with Xiao Xun'er in the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove and learned that she was struggling to establish the Purple Immortal Pavilion while Ancient Clan elders and their chosen ones obstructed her. He proposed using his allies and Zi Yan's Ancient Void Dragon connections to help her, leaving Xiao Xun'er shy and more confident that she could rely on him.

• Xiao Kuang became furious after Xiao Xun'er bluntly compared him unfavorably to Yang Shan, but he let them leave rather than challenge her.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er shared a meal, and Xiao Xun'er revealed her God Grade Bloodline and her role in the Ancient Clan's plans for the Five-Hundred-Year Trend.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that clan elders wanted her to return home and that Gu Yao, Yang Hao, Lin Xiu, Ling Quan, and their followers were obstructing her work at the Purple Immortal Pavilion.
• Yang Shan encouraged Xiao Xun'er to resist the elders and offered to lend her manpower, then proposed asking Zi Yan and an Ancient Void Dragon elder to help her evade the disobedient chosen ones.
• Yang Shan suggested Xiao Xun'er threaten to return to the Ancient Clan pregnant if the elders refused to send the chosen ones back, making her blush and increasing her trust in him.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er agreed to explore the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove together, and Xiao Xun'er raised her cultivation with a rare spirit plant he gave her. They headed for a golden point on their combined map, where Yang Shan began planning a surprise attack on a powerful Treasure Guardian Puppet as Xiao Xun'er’s favorability toward him increased.

• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er agreed to work together and split their gains seventy-thirty, and she described how strong she was in combat.
• Yang Shan gave Xiao Xun'er a Heavenly Infiltrating Grape Fruit, which helped her advance from Three-Star Dou Zun to Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Their Map Crystals merged and revealed fifteen points, including three golden ones, and Yang Shan chose the nearest golden point.
• Xiao Xun'er carried Yang Shan to a golden chest guarded by a Six-Star Dou Zun Treasure Guardian Puppet, and Yang Shan led her back to prepare a surprise attack.
• Yang Shan held Xiao Xun'er's hand while explaining his plan, and the system raised her favorability to 40.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er defeated the Treasure Guardian Puppet and opened its treasure chest, finding a Map Crystal that revealed more points of interest. After Xiao Xun'er told Yang Shan about Yao Xingji insulting Elder Ling, Yang Shan decided to target him and demonstrated a flame that resembled Turtle Spirit Earth Flame.

• Yang Shan used his Thunder Phantom Body to help Xiao Xun'er overwhelm the Treasure Guardian Puppet, and Xiao Xun'er immobilized it with her Ancient Emperor Seal.
• Xiao Xun'er revealed that her Golden Emperor Burning Flame had a sealed Dou Sheng-level origin and kept Yang Shan safe while defeating the puppet.
• Yang Shan tested the golden treasure chest, and Xiao Xun'er burned away its lid so he could retrieve a Map Crystal.
• Yang Shan fused the new Map Crystal with his own, expanding the map and revealing more points of light, including two golden ones.
• Xiao Xun'er told Yang Shan that Yao Xingji had mocked Elder Ling, and Yang Shan resolved to deal with him.
• Xiao Xun'er described Yao Xingji's appearance and strength, and Yang Shan showed her a brown flame resembling Turtle Spirit Earth Flame.

Yang Shan guided Xiao Xun'er in impersonating Yao Xingji to steal a treasure from Xiao Kuang and Huo Ran, then helped her prepare to deceive them again. Xiao Xun'er set off to stall the pair while Yang Shan supported her from a distance.

• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er sensed a battle between Xiao Kuang and the weakened Huo Ran over a treasure chest, and Yang Shan used his soul perception to scout the scene.
• Xiao Xun'er, disguised as Yao Xingji, opened the chest through a spatial rift and stole a piece of silvery-white metal while Xiao Kuang and Huo Ran were unable to interrupt their techniques.
• Xiao Xun'er used brown flames shaped like spiked turtles to attack Xiao Kuang and Huo Ran, then escaped through spatial rifts with Yang Shan.
• After Xiao Xun'er admitted that impersonating Yao Xingji had felt exciting and nerve-wracking, her favorability toward Yang Shan increased by two.
• Yang Shan replenished Xiao Xun'er's Sea Heart Flame and advised her to avoid fighting as she returned to stall Xiao Kuang and Huo Ran, while he stood by to offer guidance.

Xiao Xun'er used Yang Shan's coaching to improvise an act after Xiao Kuang and Huo Ran attacked her, then turned their misunderstanding into leverage. Huo Ran apologized with a Map Crystal, while Xiao Kuang remained defiant.

• Yang Shan had expanded Xiao Xun'er's understanding of life beyond the Ancient Clan's sheltered world and encouraged her to act.
• Xiao Xun'er released her Sea Heart Flame as a giant turtle, and Xiao Kuang and Huo Ran attacked it while searching for Yao Xingji.
• Xiao Xun'er caught Xiao Kuang's blade, confronted both men, and secretly asked Yang Shan what to say next.
• Following Yang Shan's advice, Xiao Xun'er accused Xiao Kuang and Huo Ran of attacking her despite realizing she was trapped, then said she wanted to send them out of the Ancient Wasteland.
• Huo Ran apologized by giving Xiao Xun'er a Map Crystal, and Xiao Xun'er thanked him and let him leave.
• Xiao Kuang refused to offer an apology and challenged Xiao Xun'er's demand for one.

Xiao Xun'er defeated and restrained Xiao Kuang, then Yang Shan accepted Xiao Kuang’s challenge and beat him after he suppressed his cultivation. When Xiao Kuang broke the restriction and attacked Yang Shan, Xiao Xun'er pinned him down again.

• Xiao Xun'er overwhelmed Xiao Kuang with Golden Emperor Burning Flame-enhanced Emperor Seals and bound him with her Imprisoning Spirit True Skill.
• Xiao Xun'er summoned Yang Shan, and Huo Ran returned to watch as Yang Shan taunted Xiao Kuang and agreed to a wager for triple the stakes.
• Yang Shan fought Xiao Kuang at Dou Zong Peak, broke through his blade techniques, and pinned him to the ground.
• Xiao Kuang released his cultivation restriction and blasted Yang Shan away, but Xiao Xun'er immediately pinned Xiao Kuang down and demanded to know what he intended to do.

Xiao Xun'er forced Xiao Kuang to pay the wager and give up his Map Crystal, then warned Yang Shan that his Traceless Meteorite Iron was an immensely valuable secret. Their talk about using the treasure as a betrothal gift left Xiao Xun'er flustered and raised her favorability toward Yang Shan.

• Xiao Xun'er pinned Xiao Kuang down and made him agree to pay triple the wager and hand over his Map Crystal as compensation for breaking his word.
• Xiao Kuang gave Xiao Xun'er the Storage Ring and left, and Huo Ran departed afterward.
• Yang Shan examined the ring's treasures, but handed them to Xiao Xun'er because he was not yet strong enough to use them; she offered him Thunder Spirit Mysterious Iron to forge a better blade.
• Yang Shan discovered that Yama was only a Low-Grade Primal Artifact and told Xiao Xun'er that Zi Yan had given him Traceless Meteorite Iron.
• Xiao Xun'er explained the iron's extreme rarity and warned Yang Shan to keep it secret, then said it could serve as a betrothal gift in the Ancient Clan.
• Yang Shan hinted that he might use the treasure to court Xiao Xun'er, who blushed, refused to take his blade, and gained ten favorability points.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er fused more Map Crystals, spotted a moving Purple-Gold Light Spot, and traveled toward it. While Yang Shan remotely investigated with his Thunder Phantom Body, he discovered a luxurious Nine-Star Dou Zun puppet holding a woman and apparently noticed him.

• Yang Shan joked about giving Xiao Xun'er Traceless Meteorite Iron as a betrothal gift, and she gained ten favorability points before he redirected their conversation.
• Xiao Xun'er urged Yang Shan to seek more forging materials and an artifact refiner for his saber, and he said he would ask Zi Yan for help on Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Xun'er fused the Map Crystals from Huo Ran and Xiao Kuang with their existing crystal, revealing more golden light spots; several dimmed as a new Purple-Gold Light Spot appeared.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er pursued the Purple-Gold Light Spot, discovered it was moving west, and stopped at a distance so Yang Shan could investigate with his Thunder Phantom Body disguised as Xiao Kuang.
• While Xiao Xun'er watched Yang Shan's unresponsive body, Yang Shan's Thunder Phantom Body found an old man holding a green-clad woman in a drained lakebed and identified the old man as a Myriad Treasure Puppet with Nine-Star Dou Zun combat strength.
• The Myriad Treasure Puppet turned toward Yang Shan and called him another fated one.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er encountered the Myriad Treasure Puppet, guardian of the Ten Thousand Treasures Ancient Emperor’s inheritance, and learned they had to choose between surrendering treasures or fighting it. After Xiao Xun'er offered an inheritance jade slip, she began battling the Nine-Star Dou Zun puppet, which effortlessly countered her opening attacks.

• The Myriad Treasure Puppet subdued Hua Jin, forced her to gamble in battle, and took two of her treasures after she lost.
• Yang Shan returned control from his Thunder Phantom Body and urged Xiao Xun'er to flee when the Myriad Treasure Puppet appeared beside them.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized the puppet as the Ten Thousand Treasures Ancient Emperor’s creation, and it explained the three choices and the rules for its imperial treasure trove.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er gave the puppet an inheritance jade slip, then Xiao Xun'er chose to fight while Yang Shan prepared to retreat.
• Xiao Xun'er attacked with Overturning Earth Seal and began summoning Ancient Emperor Seal, but the puppet absorbed her flame and countered with Universe Force, forcing her to evade with Flying Flame Mysterious Tracks.

Xiao Xun'er fought the Myriad Treasure Puppet but conceded after its Quasi-Heaven Rank Dou Skill overwhelmed her defenses. She and Yang Shan then prepared to use the next three days to strengthen Xiao Xun'er and find a way to defeat the puppet for the Ancient Wasteland's core inheritance.

• Xiao Xun'er endured the Myriad Treasure Puppet's attacks long enough to use the Ancient Emperor Seal, but its colorful barrier survived the strike.
• The Myriad Treasure Puppet gathered energy for its Colorful Sky Guiding Mysterious Seal, and Xiao Xun'er conceded before it could attack, handing over two treasures and arranging to meet again in three days.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er discussed the puppet's strength, and Xiao Xun'er explained that breaking the restraints on her Golden Emperor Burning Flame could let her fight it for only half an hour.
• Xiao Xun'er agreed to refine the two spirit treasures and try to comprehend the Five Seals Combine as One while Yang Shan guarded her.
• Yang Shan sent his Thunder Phantom Body to scout and studied the map, planning to gather treasures over the next three days to raise Xiao Xun'er's cultivation and defeat the Myriad Treasure Puppet.

The Myriad Treasure Puppet forced the Ancient Wasteland’s token holders to seek treasures or lose their gains, while Yang Shan intercepted Lei Che to protect Xiao Xun’er during her breakthrough. Yang Shan discovered Lei Che’s ties to Xiao Kuang and refused to let him pass, just as Xiao Xun’er arrived.

• The Myriad Treasure Puppet tracked down the remaining token holders, ejecting those without spiritual treasures and prompting the others to hunt for more.
• Yao Xingji fled Huo Ran, but Xiao Kuang joined Huo Ran and the two prepared to attack him together.
• Yang Shan left Black Da Sha and the Thunder Phantom Body to guard Xiao Xun’er as she neared a breakthrough, then went to intercept an approaching lightning cultivator.
• Yang Shan learned the newcomer was Lei Che, a Thunder Clan Young Master who had lost to Xiao Kuang over Xiao Mei, and pretended that Lei Zhanghao had praised him.
• Lei Che demanded that Yang Shan move aside, but Yang Shan blocked him again; Xiao Xun’er arrived and challenged Lei Che for threatening her junior.