Chapter Summaries

Gu He and Zi Yan secured the cave abode’s hidden Heaven-grade Dou Technique and the Dou Saint skeleton, then left for the Void Lightning Pool so Zi Yan could refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. There, Zi Yan encouraged Gu He to bring Xiao Yi Xian and the others out to cultivate more often.

• Gu He searched the Dou Saint skeleton, found writing on three ribs, and broke them off to claim the Heaven-grade Dou Technique.
• Gu He used Heavenly Flame to sever and refine the awakened will inside the skeleton, then stored the cleared remains in his Ring.
• Gu He and Zi Yan left the cave abode with its two greatest treasures and returned to the entrance without anyone daring to stop them.
• Gu He dispersed his Soul Clone, took its gains, and brought Zi Yan to the Void Lightning Pool to help her refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit faster.
• Zi Yan urged Gu He to bring Xiao Yi Xian and the others to the pool to cultivate outside the Pill Tower more often.

Gu He helped Zi Yan refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, raising her cultivation from Nine-Revolution Dou Zun to late-stage Five-Star Dou Saint. After she awakened, Gu He prepared to test the Heaven-grade Dou Technique he had obtained, while Zi Yan compared it with the techniques she had learned from the fruit.

• Gu He agreed to arrange suitable training opportunities for Xiao Yi Xian and the others once they reached Half-Saint, including helping Qing Lin target the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan.
• Zi Yan released the sealed Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s power and began refining it while Gu He used Heavenly Flames and lightning from the Thunder Pool to help her absorb it safely.
• Over the first half month, Zi Yan advanced to peak Four-Star Dou Saint, then continued refining the remaining medicinal power.
• After another half month, Zi Yan completely refined the fruit and reached late-stage Five-Star Dou Saint, awakening with a purple beam that swept two lightning-free passages through the Thunder Pool.
• Gu He congratulated Zi Yan and took out three ribs from his Ring to test the Heaven-grade Dou Technique, while Zi Yan expressed interest in comparing it with the Dragon-Phoenix Secret Art in her mind.

Gu He refined the Dou Saint ribs and learned the Saint of Fortune’s Great Heaven Creation Palm from a memory fragment. After testing the technique, he entered the depths of the Void Lightning Pool to cultivate while Zi Yan guarded him.

• Gu He burned the three ribs into dark golden liquid, which entered his hand, strengthened it slightly, and drew him into a memory fragment where the Saint of Fortune taught him the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Gu He used the technique to form a huge black halo that swallowed the surrounding lightning power, and Zi Yan compared it with her Dragon Emperor Sword.
• Zi Yan offered to teach Gu He the Dragon Emperor Sword, but he declined and asked her to guard him while he cultivated.
• Gu He flew deeper into the Void Lightning Pool, where Zi Yan saw the dense Black Demon Lightning and considered returning to temper her body.
• Gu He sat cross-legged in the depths of the pool and began absorbing the Black Demon Lightning.

Gu He used the Devouring Flame to absorb Black Demon Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool, rapidly advancing his cultivation and nearing a breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Sheng. After the Nine Profound Golden Lightning attacked and its energy pushed him to the peak of Six-Star Dou Sheng, Gu He asked Zi Yan to lure the powerful lightning dragon into attacking him.

• Gu He refined Black Demon Lightning with the Devouring Flame, advancing from early-stage to middle-stage Five-Star Dou Sheng in minutes.
• Over the next month, Gu He reached peak Six-Star Dou Sheng and sensed that breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng could elevate his soul to Heavenly Realm Great Perfection.
• Gu He continued absorbing lightning, drawing the attention of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning deep within the Thunder Pool.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning struck Gu He with a golden bolt, but the Devouring Flame refined it and pushed him to the absolute peak of Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Gu He asked Zi Yan to provoke the Nine Profound Golden Lightning from a distance and warned her to flee before getting too close.

Gu He refined the Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s attacks in the Void Lightning Pool and advanced from Six-Star to Seven-Star Dou Sheng. His Soul Power reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, allowing him to perceive nearly the entire Void Lightning Pool.

• Zi Yan approached the Nine Profound Golden Lightning to provoke it, but Black Demon Lightning drove her back toward Gu He.
• Gu He shifted the space around Zi Yan to save her, then refined the golden lightning bolts aimed at him.
• Gu He provoked the lightning dragon into attacking and refined its strikes while it replenished itself with Black Demon Lightning.
• After nearly ten days of absorbing the lightning’s energy, Gu He broke through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng and his Soul Power surged.
• Gu He reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection and sensed the entire Void Lightning Pool, though the Nine Profound Golden Lightning obstructed his perception.

After testing the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, Gu He returned to the Pill Tower, then set out with Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Caiyi for the Nine Netherworld Nether Python clan. He planned to help Qing Lin control the clan’s leaders and let Xiao Yi Xian and Caiyi gain strength from its poisons and sacred grounds as they approached the clan’s guarded depths.

• Gu He left the Void Lightning Pool with Zi Yan and returned her to East Dragon Island, where Great Elder Qing Shan marveled at her strength and thanked Gu He.
• After returning to the Pill Tower, Gu He learned that Qing Lin had advanced to Half-Saint and decided to take her, Xiao Yi Xian, and Caiyi to the Nine Netherworld Nether Python clan.
• Gu He explained that Qing Lin could control the clan’s leaders, while Caiyi could seek advancement at the Yellow Springs and Xiao Yi Xian could benefit from the clan’s venom; all three women agreed to go.
• The four entered the underground Nether Snake Mountain Range, where Caiyi recognized the vast Snake People settlements as a possible ancestral homeland for her branch.
• Gu He led the women through concealed space toward the clan’s depths, promising to weaken Yao Xiaotian for Qing Lin and save his venom for Xiao Yi Xian.
• As the group neared the deeper parts of the mountain range, they encountered increasingly powerful auras and growing numbers of Half-Saints, making the women nervous.

Gu He found Yao Xiaotian in the Nether Snake Mountain Range and revealed himself as a Seven-Star Dou Sheng. He brutally beat and injured Yao Xiaotian, keeping him alive so Qing Lin could control him.

• Gu He teleported with Xiao Yi Xian and two other women into the hall where Yao Xiaotian was resting.
• Yao Xiaotian ordered his elders to kill Gu He and keep the women, but Gu He revealed his Seven-Star Dou Sheng strength by manipulating the space in the hall.
• Gu He knocked out the Nine Netherworld Nether Python elders and stopped Yao Xiaotian from escaping by sealing the space around him.
• Yao Xiaotian unleashed black cold energy that froze the hall and some elders, but Gu He dismissed his attack and punched him into a blood-soaked state.
• Gu He stopped Yao Xiaotian's bleeding with hemostatic powder, leaving him seriously injured but alive for Qing Lin to control.

Gu He encouraged Qing Lin to use the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the weakened Yao Xiaotian. After more than an hour of effort, Qing Lin succeeded, and Gu He prepared to see the results.

• Gu He explained that Yao Xiaotian’s severe blood loss had left him weak enough for Qing Lin to control.
• Qing Lin summoned a green demon pupil, whose power briefly stiffened Xiao Yi Xian and Caiyi until Gu He shielded them.
• Qing Lin sent the demon pupil into Yao Xiaotian’s brow, but his soul resisted its advance.
• Gu He gathered dense natural energy around Qing Lin to replenish her Dou Qi and strengthen the invasion.
• After more than an hour, Qing Lin announced that she had succeeded, and Gu He praised her and asked to see the results.

Qing Lin controlled Yao Xiaotian, giving Gu He and his companions a secure foothold among the Nine Netherworld Nether Python clan while they cultivated in its territory. Gu He then took Xiao Yi Xian, the other women, and the unconscious elders to the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, where they prepared to use the sacred lake.

• Qing Lin confirmed that she had controlled Yao Xiaotian, and Gu He praised her for gaining influence over the Nine Netherworld Nether Python clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian collected some of Yao Xiaotian's venom to refine a powerful toxin that might help her reach the Half-Saint realm.
• Gu He examined Qing Lin's eyes, reinforced the space within her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and advised her to improve her cultivation.
• Gu He ordered Yao Xiaotian to conceal the missing elders, and Yao Xiaotian agreed after Qing Lin confirmed that Gu He's orders were hers.
• Gu He took Xiao Yi Xian, the other two women, and more than a dozen unconscious elders to the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs.
• The group reached the deep-yellow lake at the bottom of the chasm and moved the elders aside.

Gu He and Caiyi entered the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs to find the hidden Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python ruins. They reached the ruins, where Caiyi was overwhelmed by grief from the clan’s lingering emotions, and Gu He sent out his Heavenly Flames to help her.

• Gu He told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to stay above while he and Caiyi descended into the springs.
• Gu He warned Caiyi to save her strength for the treasures in the ruins, then sensed a powerful but weakened aura he identified as Yao Ming.
• Caiyi sensed a call from a spot with stronger spatial fluctuations, and Gu He tore open the hidden entrance.
• Gu He and Caiyi entered a desolate plain filled with rainbow-colored ground, Saint-level skeletons, and a towering nine-colored platform.
• Caiyi struggled against grief left by the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan, and Gu He sent a cluster of blue-black flames toward her.

Gu He burned away the sorrow lingering in the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python ruins and helped Caiyi reach its inheritance platform. Caiyi entered the inheritance alone, and a drop of nine-colored blood merged into her as she transformed into her true form.

• Gu He used blue-black flames to eradicate the gray aura of sorrow throughout the ruins.
• Gu He and Caiyi flew toward the central platform, but remnant souls of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons warned that only clan members could enter the inheritance site.
• Gu He threatened to destroy the inheritance and hunt down the clan if Caiyi came to harm, while the remnant souls explained that the inheritance would select her or injure her if she failed its requirements.
• Caiyi flew onto the platform despite the warning, and the nine-colored essence blood of a Nine-star Dou Sheng merged into her brow.
• Caiyi transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python several hundred zhang long.

Gu He oversaw Caiyi, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian’s rapid cultivation at the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs while monitoring the Nine Netherworld Nether Python tribe. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Nine Star Dou Zun by refining Soul Jade, but its lingering Dou Saint imprints destabilized his mind as he prepared to attend the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony.

• Caiyi absorbed the inheritance and energy of more than a hundred Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python skeletons while Gu He left a Soul Clone to watch over her.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Intermediate Half-Saint and Half-Saint respectively, and Gu He taught them his cultivation insights while checking that the Nether Python tribe remained undisturbed.
• Caiyi reached Intermediate Half-Saint in half a month as Gu He, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian continued cultivating at the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs.
• Ling Ying delivered Xiao Yan a jade invitation from Gu Xun'er to attend the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and warned him that many would seek to marry Gu Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan refined Soul Jade until he reached Nine Star Dou Zun, but its Dou Saint imprints increasingly affected his mind, so he left Yao Chen in a secret place before heading to the Ancient Realm.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Xuan removed the foreign Dou Saint imprints from his body and restored his control over his strength before replacing his bloodline. After Xiao Yan established Xiao Pavilion, Gu He prepared to attend the Spatial Trading Meet to seek the final Remnant Map of Demonic Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin asked to accompany him.

• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er traveled deep into the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Xuan rescued them and brought them into his tomb residence.
• Xiao Xuan removed the foreign Dou Saint imprints from Xiao Yan, reducing him to Six-star Dou Zun but improving his Dou Qi and resolving the dangers in his body.
• Xiao Xuan replaced Xiao Yan's blood, giving him Xiao Clan bloodline power and raising him to the peak of Nine Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan spent the remaining three years hunting energy bodies, then established Xiao Pavilion, which quickly grew into a first-rate faction as the Soul Hall began planning an operation against him.
• Gu He learned that the final Remnant Map of Demonic Flame would appear at the Spatial Trading Meet and decided to attend, hoping to complete his set of maps.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin asked Gu He to take them along, while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian continued advancing their cultivation in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs.

Gu He accompanied Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Spatial Trading Meet and waited for the Remnant Map of Demonic Flame to appear. He won it with six Eighth-grade pills with Eight-colored Pill Lightning, completing his collection of the remnant maps.

• Gu He took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Spatial Trading Meet and spent three days exploring its stalls with them.
• Gu He brought the two women into the trading hall, where their half-Saint strength discouraged others from challenging them.
• Old Man Baoshan introduced the Remnant Map of Demonic Flame and opened bidding for it.
• After the bidding reached three Eighth-grade pills with Eight-colored Pill Lightning, Gu He offered six such pills and ended the competition.
• Gu He traded the pills for the remnant map, completing his collection of all the Remnant Maps of Demonic Flame.

Gu He traveled to the Barbaric Ancient Region to seek insight beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree and improve his weak foundations. He discovered that an evil consciousness was corrupting the tree and resolved to purify it.

• Gu He left the trade fair, settled Xiao Yi Xian at the Nine Netherworld Nether Python tribe, and set out for the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• Gu He crossed the dangerous region and forced his way through a vast tide of fierce beasts by releasing his aura.
• Gu He sensed an evil power rooted within the Bodhi Ancient Tree and recognized that a Dou Di's emotions had created a corrupt consciousness.
• Gu He approached the tree carrying a Bodhi Tree branch as protection against its illusions.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree produced five half-saint figures, and Gu He decided he had to purify it before its evil consciousness grew stronger.

Gu He entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and watched its record of a Dou Di’s battle before agreeing to remove the negative emotions contaminating it in exchange for time beneath the tree. He began refining Bodhi Seeds into clear qi to cleanse the tree.

• Gu He crushed the five puppets that emerged, then entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree without resisting its light.
• Gu He resisted the tree’s lure and reached an inner space, where its miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree showed him a record of a Dou Di’s battle.
• After watching the battle, Gu He asked for Bodhi Seeds and agreed to cleanse the tree’s negative emotions if it let him sit beneath it.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Gu He forty-five Bodhi Seeds, and he refined them with his Heavenly Flame into clear qi that began removing the black qi from the tree.
• Gu He started refining several Bodhi Seeds at once as the tree’s negative emotions diminished.

Gu He purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree and underwent its Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, gaining vast cultivation and pill-refinement experience. He emerged with a deeper grasp of his power, and he believed he could now refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill with a success rate comparable to the Pill Tower Ancestor’s.

• Gu He refined the final four Bodhi Seeds, clearing the negative emotions from the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree opened its trunk for Gu He, and he followed its power into a reincarnation space.
• Gu He lived one hundred lifetimes in the space, reaching the Three-Star Dou Saint realm in his first life and becoming the Bodhi Medicine Saint.
• Gu He completed the reincarnations and awakened with a profound sense of age and loneliness from the experience.
• Gu He left the Bodhi Ancient Tree and found that his Dou Qi had risen from the early to the middle stage of the Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm, while his cultivation and pill-refinement skills had greatly improved.

Gu He emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree after completing his enlightenment, accepted its Bodhi Seeds, and promised to help it form a spirit when he reached the Dou Di realm. He left the Barbaric Ancient Region as Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, Soul Jade, and Jiu Feng watched him go, shocked by his strength.

• Gu He thanked the Bodhi Ancient Tree, accepted more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, and promised to help it form a spirit after he reached the Dou Di realm.
• Gu He returned to the plains outside the tree and flew through the fierce-beast tide, which scattered before him.
• Gu He reached the outskirts of the Barbaric Ancient Region and passed the Ancient Region Stage, where Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, Soul Jade, and Jiu Feng saw him emerge from the beast horde.
• Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan recognized Gu He as the former Pill King of the Jia Ma Empire, while Soul Jade resolved to have the Hun Clan investigate him.
• Jiu Feng silently admitted that Gu He's aura had surpassed even his father Huang Tian's, and the gathered experts relaxed after Gu He departed.

Soul Jade led the alliance through the beast tide and claimed the Bodhi Heart, while Xiao Yan suffered heavy losses despite obtaining several Bodhi Seeds. Gu He returned to the Nether Snake Vein and began turning his cultivation insights into a Dou Technique suited to himself.

• Soul Jade united nearly all the factions on the Ancient Region Stage, and the alliance fought its way through the beast tide at great cost.
• Soul Jade gave Xiao Yan a bottle of medicine that drew ferocious beasts toward his group, and several fighters died during their escape, including a Peak Dou Zun elder from Xiao Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree's inner space, where Soul Jade won the Bodhi Heart for the Hun Clan after all four sides suffered grievous losses.
• Xiao Yan and the Ancient Clan members obtained four or five Bodhi Seeds, while Gu He left the Barbaric Ancient Region and returned to the Nether Snake Vein.
• Gu He assessed his enhanced control over Dou Qi and began organizing his cultivation insights to create a Dou Technique suited to himself.

Gu He completed and tested a new high Heavenly Grade finger technique, using the laws of the outside world to refine the idea he had formed in seclusion. He named it Universe in a Finger, leaving several thousand li of terrain devastated by its power.

• Gu He spent a year deducing a finger technique that could compress vast amounts of Dou Qi and energy of heaven and earth into a single attack.
• Dark clouds and thunder appeared above the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, alarming the Nine Netherworld Nether Python clansmen and prompting Yao Xiaotian to send them away.
• Gu He rose from underground and gathered the energy of heaven and earth beneath his finger, forming a massive jade-green finger.
• Gu He launched the finger through space and detonated it, tearing through the surrounding land and leaving countless spatial cracks.
• Gu He named the technique Universe in a Finger and judged it to have reached the high Heavenly Grade.