Chapter Summaries

After refining an Eighth-grade Zhutian Pill for Cai Xi, Xia Mo reunited with Zi Yan and returned to Jia Nan Academy, where he took her into the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. They found the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and discovered Zhu Kun, Zi Yan's long-lost father, trapped by Tou She Ancient God's restriction.

• Xia Mo used Xi Wang to withstand the eight-colored Pill Lightning, completed his Eighth-grade pill, and gave the Zhutian Pill to Cai Xi for their unborn child.
• Zi Yan returned to Phoenix Dragon City, and Xia Mo brought her to Jia Nan Academy, where they reunited with Grand Elder Su Qian and Hu Jia and Wu Hao.
• Xia Mo and Zi Yan entered the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, fought off the flame lizardmen, and reached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, but she confronted him over growing up alone while he remained trapped beneath the cave mansion.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God's restriction had imprisoned him and prevented him from transforming or escaping.

Xia Mo left Zi Yan to inherit Zhu Kun’s Dragon Emperor legacy, reunited with Xiao Yan’s group, and traveled with them to the Space Trade Fair to seek a Fragmented Map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. At the fair, Cai Xi recognized a supposedly Seven-Colored Raw Stone as a rare Nine-Colored Raw Stone and kept it after Xia Mo exchanged for it.

• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that she and Xia Mo had reunited the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Xia Mo explained the conflict among the ancient clans over the eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Zhu Kun passed the Dragon Emperor inheritance to Zi Yan, who entered a cocooned transformation; Xia Mo guarded her with the North King and South King before leaving with Zhu Kun’s essence-blood attack.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan said farewell to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then returned to Starfall Pavilion through the Space Wormhole and prepared for the Space Trade Fair.
• After half a month of seclusion, Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, Old Yao, Cai Xi, and Xiao Yi Xian set out for the fair and entered Space Town through its spatial passage.
• Xia Mo exchanged pills for rare goods, including a Sacred Spirit Fruit, while the group browsed the trading stalls.
• Cai Xi recognized a Seven-Colored Raw Stone as a Nine-Colored Raw Stone after testing it with her blood, revealing its greater value and keeping it.

Xia Mo and his companions entered the Space Trade Fair, where they traded for rare items and watched Old Yao bid for a Fragmented Map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The map went to a gaunt cloaked bidder after Xia Mo openly threatened him, and the chapter ended as Old Man Baoshan unveiled a complete Ninth-grade Treasure Pill prescription.

• Xia Mo paid for Xiao Yi Xian to buy two precious poisonous herbs before Old Yao led the group into the invitation-only ancient pavilion and concealed their identities with black cloaks.
• Old Man Baoshan began the Space Trade Fair, and Xia Mo bought the Heavenly Nether Poison Canon for Xiao Yi Xian while the group observed several other valuable exchanges.
• Old Man Baoshan presented a Fragmented Map linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xiao Yan recognized it as a map like the ones Xia Mo already possessed.
• Old Yao bid against a gaunt cloaked man for the Fragmented Map, while Xia Mo threatened the rival; the man won by offering an Eighth-grade Pill with Nine-colored Pill Lightning.
• Old Man Baoshan revealed the second-to-last item, a complete prescription for a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, and the hall erupted in surprise.

At the Space Trade Fair, Old Man Baoshan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, while Xia Mo and his companions ambushed and killed the Scorpion Demon Trio to take their Fragmented Map. Assembling the complete map revealed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend in three years, and Xiao Yan received a mysterious legacy tied to its former owner, Netherworld Burning Sage.

• Old Man Baoshan defended the authenticity of the Ninth-grade Treasure Pill formula, which Xuan Kongzi acquired by trading three high-grade pills, then announced the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• Old Yao led Xia Mo and the others to ambush the Scorpion Demon Trio, and Xia Mo killed all three and retrieved their Fragmented Map and the Diamond Glazed Body scroll.
• Xia Mo combined his four map pieces with the Fragmented Map from the Scorpion Demon Trio, and Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames revealed a prophecy that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend in three years.
• A demonic lotus pattern from the map entered Xiao Yan's forehead and delivered the name Netherworld Burning Sage, whom Old Yao identified as a legendary former owner of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xia Mo told Xiao Yan to reach Dou Sheng within three years so he could contend for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yan and Xia Mo entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree, rescued Yun Yun’s group from the Heavenly Nether Sect, and pursued an Ancient Sky Demon Python for its Sky Demon Blood Pool. The chapter ended with Xia Mo overpowering the python while Xiao Yan and the others searched its cave.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan left for the Vast Desolate Ancient Region after the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance drew factions across Central Continent.
• Xia Mo’s group crossed the region’s poisonous insect miasma and followed the Bodhi Seed’s faint guidance deeper into the ancient land.
• Xiao Yan rescued Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the Flower Sect elders from the Heavenly Nether Sect, then joined their group on the way to the Ancient Region Platform.
• Yun Yun revealed that an Ancient Sky Demon Python guarded a route ahead, and Xia Mo urged Xiao Yan to seek it out for the benefits of its blood and Sky Demon Blood Pool.
• Xia Mo seized the Ancient Sky Demon Python’s tail and battered it while Xiao Yan led the others into its cave to find the blood pool.

Xia Mo and the others reached the Ancient Region Platform, joined the charge through the beast tide, and escaped its collapse by teleporting past the fighting. They arrived before the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Xia Mo sensed an evil force corrupting it.

• Xia Mo led the group to the Ancient Region Platform aboard the subdued Sky Demon Python and met Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, and Hun Yu there.
• Xun Er warned that a vast beast tide guarded the depths, and Hun Yu organized the assembled factions into an alliance to break through it.
• Hun Yu’s Soul Clan forces abandoned the alliance after using the other fighters as a shield, while the beast tide overwhelmed the dwindling formation.
• Xia Mo teleported Xiao Yan and the others past the beasts, then led them toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xia Mo sensed that an evil consciousness was rooted in the Bodhi Ancient Tree as the group approached its immense trunk.

Xia Mo learned that a Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and he and Xiao Yan purified it by refining Bodhi Seeds. The tree then drew them into its trunk for enlightenment, leaving Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others to wait while the Soul Clan failed to interrupt them.

• Xia Mo warned the group about the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s cold aura, and five Half-Saint puppets emerged when they approached its Bodhi Heart.
• Xia Mo crushed three puppets, then the Bodhi Ancient Tree captured the group in a light pillar; Xia Mo resisted its illusion and joined Xiao Yi Xian beside the tree’s miniature form.
• Xia Mo learned that a dead Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted the tree, then asked it to release Xiao Yan so they could cleanse it with Heavenly Flames and Bodhi Seeds.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan refined the Bodhi Seeds, expelling the black qi as the tree replenished their Dou Qi and expanded their capacity; the tree eventually expelled the final trace of corruption.
• The cleansed Bodhi Ancient Tree drew Xia Mo and Xiao Yan into its trunk for enlightenment and released Xun Er, Hun Yu, and the others from their illusions.
• Hun Yu and a Soul Clan companion attacked the two within the tree, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree repelled them; Xiao Yi Xian, Xun Er, and the others then waited and cultivated while Xia Mo and Xiao Yan remained inside.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan emerged from a month beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree with greatly tempered strength, Bodhi Seeds, and the Bodhi Heart, then defeated Hun Yu’s ambush before returning to Starfall Pavilion. There, Old Yao gave them Bodhi Pills, and Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Old Yao entered seclusion to pursue breakthroughs.

• After a month of stillness, Xia Mo and Xiao Yan emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Xia Mo gave Xiao Yi Xian a refined poison that could help her reach Dou Sheng or even Dou Di.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, which Xia Mo and Xiao Yan distributed among their allies before the tree sank underground; Xiao Yan secretly kept the Bodhi Heart.
• Hun Yu attacked Xia Mo after demanding Bodhi Seeds, but Xia Mo crushed him and killed the Half-Saint summoned from Hun Yu’s scroll, then eliminated the other Soul Clan members.
• Elder Tong Xuan escorted Xun Er and the Ancient Clan group away, while Xia Mo and Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and received Bodhi Pills from Old Yao.
• Xia Mo gave Old Yao Half-Emperor essence blood, and Xiao Yan gave him Han Feng’s soul before entering seclusion with a Bodhi Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered seclusion with her Bodhi Pill and poisonous herbs, while Old Yao began refining the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s blood essence.

Xia Mo refined a ninth-grade Heaven and Earth Breaking Saint Pill, then left Starfall Pavilion to explore the Endless Sea. There, he met an old man and his granddaughter Yaya just as a colossal wave approached.

• Starfall Pavilion expanded under Xia Mo and Venerable Wind, resisted the Nether River Alliance, and withdrew to stronger defensive lines until the alliance abandoned its campaign.
• The Ling Clan's Spirit Realm reopened empty, prompting the ancient clans to suspect the Ancient Clan or Soul Clan had taken the Ling Clan's piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xia Mo refined a ninth-grade pill using the Material-Concealing Pill Art, endured Black Demon Lightning with North King, and captured the human-form Heaven and Earth Breaking Saint Pill.
• Xia Mo asked Venerable Wind to announce that Old Yao had refined the pill, then traveled east in search of the Endless Sea.
• At the shore, Xia Mo met an old man and Yaya, learned that a Tiger Shark's battle had caused a huge wave, and agreed to buy Yaya candied hawthorns in exchange for watching her grandfather split it.

Xia Mo met Liu Jing and his granddaughter Liu Qing in Sea Dragon City, agreed to help Liu Jing explore a cultivation-accelerating secret realm, and joined Liu Qing at the city’s Bonfire Festival. After Xia Mo vanished Xue Long during a confrontation, Xue Biao decided not to provoke Liu Jing, while Liu Jing later discovered a Tiger Shark killed by a far stronger sea beast.

• Xia Mo impressed Liu Qing by splitting a giant wave, gave her candied hawthorn, and accompanied her and Liu Jing to the City Lord's Manor.
• Liu Jing asked Xia Mo to join him in exploring a secret realm in Nether Canyon three days later, and Xia Mo agreed.
• Liu Qing took Xia Mo to Sea Dragon City's night market and Bonfire Festival, where Huang Li approached him and Xue Long challenged him.
• Xia Mo ignored Xue Long's challenge and disappeared with him and his saber, prompting Xue Biao to investigate and warn his family against provoking Liu Jing.
• Xue Biao recounted how Liu Jing had defeated and killed three Dou Zuns, then chose to avoid conflict while seeking the Nether Secret Realm.
• Liu Jing found the Tiger Shark washed ashore and realized that an even stronger sea beast had killed it with one strike.

Xia Mo entered the Ruins Secret Realm with Liu Jing’s group, teamed up with Liu Yang, and discovered Saint Corpse Worms and wandering souls in the ancient battlefield. After Xue Biao confronted Xia Mo, Xia Mo lured him and his companions into the deadly yin wind, leaving Xue Kun and the others trapped as Xue Biao demanded that Xia Mo save his son.

• Liu Jing warned Xia Mo that the Xue Family might seek revenge inside the Ruins Secret Realm, then led his group into the realm through a cliffside entrance.
• Xia Mo met Liu Yang, followed him to a lake of liquid energy, and collected Saint Corpse Worms while Liu Yang absorbed the energy and broke through to six-star Dou Zong.
• Liu Yang guided Xia Mo toward a dangerous area of the battlefield where wandering souls produced Soul Pearls, and the two escaped a soul after it discovered them.
• Xia Mo and Liu Yang hid near the Soul Pearl source, but Xue Biao arrived with his companions and called Xia Mo out.
• Xia Mo drew Xue Biao and the others into the yin wind; Xue Kun and his companions were caught as the wind pulled at their souls, while Xue Biao failed to save them.
• Xia Mo refused Xue Biao’s demand to rescue Xue Kun and left, prompting Xue Biao to threaten revenge.

Xia Mo and Liu Yang explored the ruins of the Qi Sect, searching for the Artifact Refining Secret Scroll while avoiding Li Yang and the awakening undead soul. The fragments transported them to a smithing room, where Xia Mo discovered the Heavenly Flame known as the Spirit Flame.

• Xia Mo defeated Xue Biao, then gave Liu Yang soul pearls and learned that a fragment recorded the Artifact Refining Secret Scroll.
• After Liu Yang cultivated to eight-star Dou Zong, he and Xia Mo traveled deeper into the ruins and encountered Li Yang and his Xuanhai Gate companions searching for the secret scroll.
• Xia Mo and Liu Yang gathered eight fragments while Li Yang watched them, and Li Yang's junior brother found the final fragment.
• Li Yang tried to seize Liu Yang and threaten the others, but Xia Mo rescued Liu Yang and killed one of Li Yang's men before the undead soul awakened.
• The undead soul attacked and sealed the area, but the nine fragments joined together and transported Xia Mo, Liu Yang, Li Yang, and the others away.
• Xia Mo appeared in a smithing room and recognized the green fire inside its furnace as the Heavenly Flame called the Spirit Flame.

Xia Mo passed the Qi Sect’s three artifact-refinement trials, earning the complete inheritance, a Spirit Flame, and a Saint Artifact before meeting Mo Tianxing, the sect’s last remnant. As Mo Tianxing granted him the inheritance space and began transferring his remaining power, Xia Mo promised to find a successor and help rebuild the Qi Sect.

• Xia Mo used the Spirit Flame to forge three top-grade Profound Artifacts in three days and passed the first trial.
• Xia Mo learned the required hammer forms and formations, then forged three high-grade Spirit Artifacts to pass the second trial.
• Xia Mo chose the third trial and refined a Saint Artifact that held eighty-one formations, passing and meeting Mo Tian, the Qi Sect’s Sect Master.
• Mo Tian gave Xia Mo the Chaotic Martial and Demon Breaking Hammer Techniques, the inheritance space, and the Saint Artifact, and asked him to help restore the Qi Sect; Xia Mo agreed to find a successor.
• Mo Tian transferred his remaining power to Xia Mo, strengthening his cultivation toward Eight-star Dou Sheng.

Xia Mo absorbed Mo Tian’s soul origin and reached the Emperor Realm Soul, then began rebuilding Qi Sect with Liu Yang’s help. After returning to Starfall Pavilion, he prepared for the Nether River Alliance’s declared attack, and the chapter ended as its forces arrived at the Star Realm.

• Mo Tian sacrificed his soul origin to help Xia Mo break through, and Xia Mo refined it until he achieved an Emperor Realm Soul and Eight-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Xia Mo left the secret realm, gave Liu Yang the Qi Sect inheritance and its inheritance space, and set out with him for Central Continent.
• Xia Mo learned that Liu Jing had encountered powerful sea beasts near the shipping routes, then bade farewell to Liu Jing and the people of Sea Dragon City.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Xia Mo received the Nether River Alliance’s declaration of war and ordered the pavilion to prepare for an attack.
• When the declared battle day arrived, Xia Mo and Venerable Wind waited with Starfall Pavilion’s forces as the Nether River Alliance’s people tore open a rift into the Star Realm.

Xia Mo used the Nine-Colored Lotus Meteor Array to repel the Nether River Alliance and Soul Hall forces attacking Starfall Pavilion, while Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a one-star Dou Sheng and defeated their leaders. A Soul Clan Dou Sheng rescued Bone You and threatened Xiao Yan over his father, Xiao Zhan, before withdrawing, leaving Xiao Yan and Xia Mo to face the growing threat of the Soul Clan.

• Old Heavenly Nether Demon led the Nether River Alliance into Starfall Pavilion and demanded that it surrender territory, while Xia Mo refused and activated the Nine-Colored Lotus Meteor Array.
• The array overwhelmed the attacks of Old Heavenly Nether Demon and two Soul Clan Half-Saints, forcing them and their followers to flee.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a one-star Dou Sheng, froze the three leaders in space, and attacked them with Buddha's Wrath Samsara.
• Old Heavenly Nether Demon exploded in a desperate attempt to escape, and Xia Mo's array killed the fleeing Nether River Alliance fighters while Xiao Yan killed one Soul Hall Half-Saint.
• A Soul Clan Dou Sheng reached through a spatial rift to rescue Bone You, but Xia Mo's array struck Bone You before the Soul Clan expert retreated and threatened Xiao Yan over Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan and Xia Mo refused to back down from the Soul Clan's threats, and Xiao Yan acknowledged that the hidden Dou Sheng was stronger than he was.

After Starfall Pavilion defeated the Nether River Alliance, Xia Mo and Xiao Yan retaliated against its allied sects while arranging help for the Han Family and establishing the Qi Sect. With the Soul Hall and Soul Clan looming as greater threats, they planned to build a grand alliance, beginning with the Pill Tower and other powerful factions.

• Cai Xi emerged from seclusion as a nine-colored Heaven Swallowing Python, reunited with Xia Mo, and revealed that her strength had reached the late fifth-star level while Xia Mo had advanced to the eighth star.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan ordered the destruction of the Nether River Alliance, then led Starfall Pavilion's counterattack and crushed its forces, including Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Xia Mo arranged for the Han Family to join the new Qi Sect, while Xiao Yan killed Venerable Thunder and Starfall Pavilion's forces continued their retaliation against the alliance's sects.
• Old Yao returned from seclusion and explained that the Pill Tower's hidden Small Pill Tower held powerful experts who hated the Soul Hall, making the Pill Tower a possible ally.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao agreed to seek an alliance with the Pill Tower, Flower Sect, and Blazing Flame Valley before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.

Starfall Pavilion secured the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley for its alliance against Soul Hall, then Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and Xia Mo traveled to the Pill Tower to seek its support. The Pill Tower’s vote hinged on a coming contest with Old Monster Hou, and Xiao Yan agreed to challenge him by refining a Ninth-grade pill.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to bring Blazing Flame Valley into the alliance after learning Xiao Yan would help remove the hidden danger in his body.
• The Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders approved an alliance against Soul Hall, giving Starfall Pavilion the support of both major factions.
• Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and Xia Mo went to the Pill Tower and asked Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi to join the alliance.
• The Pill Tower leaders explained that the Grand Elders’ Council would decide the matter and that five members could support the alliance, but Old Monster Hou might gain a vote and oppose it.
• Xuan Yi proposed that Xia Mo or Xiao Yan compete against Old Monster Hou for a place on the council, and Xiao Yan agreed to try refining a Ninth-grade pill.

Xiao Yan competed for an elder position in the Small Pill Tower and defeated Old Monster Hou by refining a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill. His victory gave the alliance supporters the advantage, and the Small Pill Tower agreed to join the alliance against Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan agreed to participate in the Small Pill Tower elder selection, and Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao spent three days meeting senior Alchemists.
• Old Monster Hou mocked Old Yao and doubted that Xia Mo and Xiao Yan deserved to compete, but Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi confirmed their Pill Gathering results.
• Xiao Yan entered the selection and, after half a month of refining, revealed a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill while Old Monster Hou produced an Eighth-grade Pill with Nine-colored Pill Lightning.
• The Grand Elder declared Xiao Yan the victor and appointed him an Elder of the Small Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan argued that the Pill Tower had failed to protect Alchemists from Soul Hall, and the elders agreed to support the alliance.
• The Grand Elder accepted the alliance, and Xia Mo promised that the Pill Tower would not stand alone if conflict with Soul Hall began.

Old Yao and Xiao Yan formed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with the Flower Sect, Blazing Flame Valley, the Pill Tower, and Yin Valley to oppose Soul Hall. After Soul Hall’s Vice Master threatened Xiao Yan with his father’s life, the alliance stood firm, announced its formation, and began preparing for the conflict ahead.

• Old Yao agreed to attend Starfall Pavilion’s alliance ceremony, and the Flower Sect, Blazing Flame Valley, the Pill Tower, and Yin Valley arrived for the meeting.
• The factions agreed to form an equal offensive and defensive pact, chose Old Yao as alliance leader, and named it the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Soul Hall’s Vice Master appeared as a projection, demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and showed Xiao Yan that his father, Xiao Zhan, was imprisoned.
• Xiao Yan refused to surrender the jade without seeing his father, and Xia Mo destroyed the projection as the alliance members reaffirmed their commitment.
• The factions agreed to announce the alliance and build Space Wormholes between their territories, while news of the alliance stirred the Central Continent.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao turned away unreliable factions seeking to join, and Venerable Wind returned to Starfall Pavilion to manage the growing workload.

Xiao Yan prepared to obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame by refining the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill, while Xia Mo returned to Ancient Dragon Island and entered the Void Lightning Pool. There, Xia Mo saved the Nine Profound Golden Lightning from failing to gather spirit, gave it intelligence, and named it Nine Profound.

• Old Yao gave Xiao Yan the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill formula and explained that he needed a Yellow Spring Blood Crystal from the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring to prepare for subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xia Mo revealed that he already had the last Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and sent Xiao Yan to the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan to study the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet and inherit the Yellow Springs Demon Sage's knowledge.
• Xia Mo returned to Ancient Dragon Island, met Zhu Huo and the elders, and learned that the clan had gained another Eight-star Dou Saint.
• Xia Mo entered the Void Lightning Pool and found the Nine Profound Golden Lightning struggling to gather intelligence as the Black Demon Lightning tried to help it.
• Xia Mo extracted and sealed much of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's power, then supplied it with spiritual energy so it could gather spirit successfully.
• Xia Mo named the newly intelligent lightning dragon Nine Profound, and it responded to him as the first person it had seen.