Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan prepared to leave for the Origin Qi Continent after Xiao Yan reached Dou Zun, but first they went to Feng City so Xiao Yan could confront Han Feng. Xiao Yan claimed to be Yao Chen’s other disciple and told Han Feng that Yao Chen had loved and regretted him, leaving Han Feng reeling in disbelief.

• Jiang Lin identified Elder Lei as likely Thunder Clan Leader Lei Ying, then studied Xiao Yan’s new Dou Zun body for a month after Xiao Yan agreed to cooperate.
• Jiang Lin said he needed to break through on the Origin Qi Continent and agreed to travel with Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan settled personal business and returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan flew to Feng City, where Xiao Yan entered Han Feng’s manor while Jiang Lin watched from a spatial crevice.
• Han Feng mistook Xiao Yan’s distress for fear of his Dou Zong aura and tried to inspect the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Xiao Yan theatrically called him Brother Feng and claimed they were fellow disciples.
• Xiao Yan told Han Feng that Yao Chen had regretted his choices and loved him, leaving Han Feng shaken as he denied that Yao Chen could have felt that way.

Xiao Yan convinced Han Feng that Yao Chen regretted their past conflict and wanted him to inherit a powerful legacy, then Yao Chen struck Han Feng down and turned him into a ghost. Jiang Lin, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen left Feng City with Han Feng as a ghost, and Jiang Lin gathered Source Pills before heading to the Chu Yun Empire to deliver resources to Mr. Yao.

• Xiao Yan fabricated Yao Chen's remorse and claimed that Han Feng was meant to receive Yao Chen's true legacy instead of the Burning Art.
• Han Feng agreed to accept the inheritance if it was powerful enough, and Yao Chen burst out of Xiao Yan and slapped him into unconsciousness.
• Han Feng woke as a little ghost beside the ghostly Yao Chen, who began explaining the rules of being a ghost to him.
• Jiang Lin complained about Xiao Yan and Yao Chen's trick, then asked how many Source Pills remained.
• Xiao Yan said they had a little over a hundred Source Pills and explained that they had helped Yao Chen reach the high-level Ghost Sect realm.
• Jiang Lin took some Source Pills, delivered resources to Mr. Yao in the Chu Yun Empire, and quickly returned.

Jiang Lin returned to the Jia Ma Empire, reunited with the Artifact Refining Guild, and gave its leaders and old allies Source Pills to help them advance. The chapter ended with Jiang Lin teasing Xiao Yan for sending a Source Pill to Nalan Yanran after Gu Xun'er had departed.

• Gu Xun'er bid farewell to Jiang Lin and the others before returning to the Central Continent, while Jiang Lin told Xiao Yan that Lei Dong might be a rival for her hand.
• Jiang Lin traveled with Xiao Yan to the Jia Ma Empire and revealed himself to the Jia Ma Artifact Refining Guild's leaders as Spirit Artisan.
• Jiang Lin gave Source Pills to Hu Lei, Han Yu, Fatty Yuan, and Jia Xing Tian, and arranged for the guild to cooperate with Jia Nan Academy.
• Jiang Lin visited Hai Bodong and gave him Source Pills for himself, Gu He, and the Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Hai Bodong spotted a Xiao Family Dou King heading toward the Misty Cloud Sect, and Jiang Lin learned Xiao Yan had given Nalan Yanran a Source Pill.

Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan traveled from the Jia Ma Empire to the Vast Ancient Sea, where Lan Hong planned to reclaim authority over Dragon Island and open a route to the Origin Qi Continent. Lan Hong explained the power of Dragon Emperor Blood and declared that she could still command the dragons as their ancestor.

• Jiang Lin offered Xiao Yan two ways to strengthen Xiao Zhan's arm, and Xiao Yan planned to use both while leaving resources for the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan and Jiang Lin returned to the Sacred Soul Hall, where Venerable Qing Hai arranged a teleportation through a temporary formation in the Vast Ancient Sea.
• Jiang Lin told Xiao Yan he intended to dismantle the Deep Sea Soul Hall, while Ling Jiu and Lan Hong revealed that Zi Yan was cultivating and that Xiao Xuan could later awaken Xiao Yan's bloodline.
• Lan Hong said she would try to open a passage through Dragon Island, though her success depended on whether the dragons still recognized her authority.
• Lan Hong explained that Dragon Emperor Blood was the foundation of a true Dragon Emperor and warned that the dragons would have to acknowledge their ancestor.

Lan Hong explained the ancient battle among peak Dou Saints and revealed her history as the first Dragon Emperor of the Grand Void Dragon Race in the Dou Qi Plane. Jiang Lin, Xiao Yan, and Ling Jiu entered the Origin Qi Continent, where they split up to pursue their tasks as Lan Hong went to find Yuan Fen.

• Lan Hong told Xiao Yan that Yuan Fen carried Evil God's Blood and explained the origins of the Demon Whale Clan and the ancient Dou Qi Plane.
• Lan Hong revealed that she had been present when the Grand Void Dragon Race became part of the Dou Qi Plane and described why the peak Dou Saints had entered the Ancient Sea Secret Realm.
• Jiang Lin arrived at the mist-covered sea region, while Lan Hong chose to seek out the missing Yuan Fen and agreed to look after Yao Chen and Han Feng.
• Jiang Lin used the Emperor Cauldron Fragment to bring himself, Ling Jiu, and Xiao Yan to the Origin Qi Continent, whose energy could now accommodate Dou Zuns.
• Jiang Lin went to the Source Pool to prepare for a breakthrough, Xiao Yan set off to refine Source Pills, and Ling Jiu flew to Nine Provinces Imperial Pass to meet the Origin Race's leaders.

As Jiang Lin traveled through Tomb Forest, Pei Xuan and Nine-Touring Sparrow explained the history of the Primordial Dou Realm, its collapse, and the effort to rebuild the Dou Qi Plane. They discussed the plane’s potential to become a Great Thousand World as Jiang Lin began his breakthrough to Dou Zun.

• Jiang Lin crossed Tomb Forest and learned from Pei Xuan that it had once been part of the underworld and might change as the Dou Qi Plane took over.
• Pei Xuan revealed that he had abandoned his original plan to revive the Primordial Abyss Realm and had chosen to help rebuild the Dou Qi Plane, partly because Jiang Lin could help create a karmic debt with Danqizi.
• Nine-Touring Sparrow explained that the Primordial Dou Realm’s collapse burdened its inhabitants with calamity qi, and that its experts had tried to repay the debt by rebuilding their world, triggering a devastating war with the Primordial Abyss Realm.
• Nine-Touring Sparrow and Pei Xuan explained how the Spirit Infusion Immortal Gourd, the Spirit Qi Embryo, and the Ancient Dou Realm’s remaining fragments related to the Dou Qi Plane’s decline and reconstruction.
• Pei Xuan said the fusion of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm and the Dou Qi Plane could give the newly born world the potential to become a Great Thousand World, depending on Danqizi, the Nine-Touring Great Emperor, and the others.
• Jiang Lin began breaking through to Dou Zun in the Source Pool, stirring the Ancient Origin Realm’s energy as lightning filled the sky and Pei Xuan recognized a World Fusion Accelerator.

Jiang Lin broke through to peak One-star Dou Zun as the Dou Qi Plane’s Heavenly Dao Lightning bestowed law blessings on him and purified the Ancient Sea Secret Realm’s laws. After learning Zi Yan had also been struck into Dou Zun, Jiang Lin finished dressing and turned to Pei Xuan, who had waited for him.

• Jiang Lin’s breakthrough triggered a Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation that pierced multiple spatial dimensions and struck the Origin Qi Continent.
• Pei Xuan realized the Dou Qi Plane was giving Jiang Lin law blessings, repaying missed blessings and recognizing his path toward becoming an Emperor.
• The lightning engraved profound law patterns on Jiang Lin and left him at peak One-star Dou Zun with a solid foundation.
• Jiang Lin considered absorbing the Exotic Water and Super Sea Heart Flame to advance further, and imagined eventually jumping from Nine-star Dou Zun straight to Dou Saint.
• Zi Yan complained that Jiang Lin’s tribulation had struck her too and forced her breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Jiang Lin formed a robe from Source Qi, stepped out of the Source Pool, and faced the waiting Pei Xuan.

Jiang Lin and his companions left the Ancient Sea Secret Realm after he advanced to two-star Dou Zun, while Shi Lei stayed behind to pursue the Stone Race’s legendary Breath of the Earth. Jiang Lin reunited with Lan Hong and the others at the Whale Clan’s territory and planned to visit the Deep Sea Soul Hall before heading to Dragon Island.

• Jiang Lin returned Shi Lei’s scroll and agreed to take him out of the secret realm later, while Shi Lei promised to conceal his identity.
• Shi Fite examined Shi Lei’s scroll and gave him a temporary Stone Imperial Mark that could draw on the Stone Realm’s power to help him return home.
• Jiang Lin cultivated for three months and broke through to two-star Dou Zun while Xiao Yan refined a large supply of Source Pills.
• Jiang Lin, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and a Stone Man left the secret realm, but Shi Lei chose to depart on his own.
• The Nine-Touring Sparrow explained that Shi Lei sought to fuse Exotic Soil with Nether Soil to create the life-giving Super Exotic Soil called Breath of the Earth.
• Jiang Lin and his companions reached the Whale Clan’s territory, where they reunited with Lan Hong and prepared to visit the Deep Sea Soul Hall.

Jiang Lin gathered Yuan Hao, Lan Hong, and their allies to approach the Merfolk Race’s Deep Sea Soul Hall and cut off its teleportation array without provoking a wider conflict. The Super Sea Heart Flame reacted to Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, sending an unexpected signal to the Sacred Soul Hall, where Venerable Qing Hai asked Lu Protector to choose between the Western Domain and Central Continent.

• Jiang Lin learned that Yuan Hao and Lan Hong had recovered to Dou Zun Peak, while Yao Chen and Han Feng had rapidly advanced as ghost cultivators.
• Jiang Lin explained that he wanted to seal the Deep Sea Soul Hall’s spatial teleportation array rather than exterminate the Merfolk Race, and Kelly volunteered to guide the group through Deep Sea City.
• Jiang Lin and his allies traveled to the Merfolk waters and followed Kelly toward the Deep Sea Soul Hall beneath the Super Sea Heart Flame.
• Han Feng stared at the enormous Super Sea Heart Flame, and the Sea Heart Flame within him triggered it to erupt into chaos.
• The transmission array in the Sacred Soul Hall began sending information, and Lu Protector reported unusual activity at the Ancient Sea Soul Hall.
• Venerable Qing Hai dismissed the other hall members and asked Lu Protector whether he would rather stay in the Western Domain or go to the Central Continent.

Venerable Qing Hai realized Jiang Lin was likely attacking the Ancient Sea Soul Hall and chose to side with Spirit Artisan’s faction, while Lu Protector and Iron Protector stalled the Hall’s call for help. Jiang Lin’s group destroyed the Ancient Sea teleportation node and began purging the Merfolk Soul Hall, while a final message from the Ancient Sea arrived at the Sacred Soul Hall.

• Venerable Qing Hai questioned Lu Protector, learned that many Sacred Soul Hall members supported Spirit Artisan, and decided to cooperate with them.
• Lu Protector revealed that Iron Protector had promised the Ancient Sea Soul Hall immediate support, keeping its communication line occupied so it could not contact other Soul Halls.
• Yuan Hao seized the Merfolk Race’s Sun of Faith, and Lan Hong struck down the Merfolk King inside the Merfolk Divine Hall.
• Jiang Lin used the active teleportation array to confirm the Sacred Soul Hall had blocked the Ancient Sea Soul Hall from calling elsewhere, then had Lan Hong destroy its energy-coordinate node.
• Jiang Lin told Lan Hong to kill everyone above the Dou Zun realm, ending the Merfolk Race’s fear of the Soul Clan.
• Iron Protector reported that a new message had arrived from the Ancient Sea Soul Hall, and Lu Protector read it aloud: “Well done!”

After the Deep Sea Soul Hall’s defeat, Jiang Lin and his companions refined the captured Dou Zun souls and set out for Dragon Island with the Super Sea Heart Flame. During Yuan Ming’s breakthrough, Heavenly Dao lightning struck Jiang Lin, revealing that the Dou Qi Plane had bound him to itself and might be making him its Plane Master.

• Lan Hong swallowed the Merfolk King, and a week later Yao Chen and Han Feng grew stronger by absorbing Dou Zun soul bodies.
• Kelly took control of Deep Sea City with the Whale Clan’s support, while Yuan Hao explained the power of the Super Sea Heart Flame.
• Jiang Lin brought Yuan Hao, Yuan Ming, Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and others into his Spirit Body Space, then traveled toward Dragon Island with Lan Hong, Yao Chen, and Han Feng.
• Yuan Hao helped Jiang Lin refine the Super Sea Heart Flame with Source Qi, and Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yuan Ming absorbed the released energy.
• Yuan Ming’s breakthrough triggered Heavenly Dao lightning that struck Jiang Lin, and Lan Hong explained that the Dou Qi Plane had recognized him as one of its world’s cores.
• Jiang Lin wondered whether the Dou Qi Plane was preparing him to become its Plane Master, while Pei Xuan and the Nine-Touring Sparrow warned that he might have to carry the plane with him when traveling.

After reaching the Dragon Realm’s boundary, Jiang Lin refined the Super Sea Heart Flame and discovered that the world seemed to favor him, then entered a sudden enlightenment while forging a spiritual pearl. He awakened a month later as a Four-star Dou Zun and found a golden cultivation art in his sea of consciousness: “Dao: Formless Artifact Body.”

• Yuan Ming thanked Jiang Lin and the others for helping him break through to Dou Zun, and Lan Hong led the group toward the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s territory.
• Jiang Lin entered the sea to refine the Super Sea Heart Flame, advanced to the late stage of Three-star Dou Zun, and wondered whether the world was supporting him against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan devoured the weakened Super Sea Heart Flame, produced the essence of Exotic Water, and sent it to Jiang Lin, who named it Immaculate Heartwater.
• Jiang Lin used heavenly lightning to temper a spiritual pearl and entered an enlightened state, concluding that refining artifacts was also refining himself.
• After guarding Jiang Lin for a month, Lan Hong and Yao Chen watched him awaken as a Four-star Dou Zun; Jiang Lin then discovered the golden cultivation art “Dao: Formless Artifact Body” above his sea of consciousness.

Jiang Lin comprehended the Dao-grade Formless Artifact Body and shared it with his companions before leading Lan Hong and Yuan Hao toward the Dragon Domain. There, Lan Hong revealed the Void Thunder Pool and explained the old feud between the Dragon Clan and the Sword Emperor.

• Jiang Lin realized Formless Artifact Body let Artifact Forgers improve their cultivation through forging and decided it could eventually be shared widely.
• Jiang Lin taught Formless Artifact Body to Xiao Yan, Lan Hong, Yao Chen, Yuan Hao, Han Feng, and the others, who marveled at its depth and potential.
• Jiang Lin stored most of the group in the Spirit Body Space and followed Lan Hong and Yuan Hao toward the Dragon Domain.
• Jiang Lin inspected the Immaculate Sea Calming Pearl and noted that its Immaculate Heart Water continuously generated water-attributed energy.
• Lan Hong led Jiang Lin and Yuan Hao through the Void Thunder Pool and explained that the Sword Emperor’s feud with the Dragon Clan began when he cut off the Holy Son’s horn and the Dragon Emperor crippled his sword-wielding arm.

Lan Hong explained the Dragon Clan’s history and learned that it had split into four factions after Zhu Kun’s disappearance. She used her Dragon Emperor Blood to settle the dispute and took Jiang Lin and the others into the Dragon Tomb, where they discovered Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

• Lan Hong told Jiang Lin that the Sword Emperor had cut off the corner of the Ancient Dragon Continent that became Ancient Dragon Island, and Yuan Hao revealed that his elders had died at the Sword Emperor’s hands.
• Lan Hong warned Jiang Lin about the top-tier Exotic Lightning in the Void Thunder Pool and left him and Yuan Fen while she investigated the Dragon Clan’s factions.
• Lan Hong returned and explained the division among the four Dragon Islands, then used her Dragon Emperor Blood to persuade the North Dragon King to help resolve the conflict.
• Lan Hong led Jiang Lin and Yuan Fen to a shattered Spatial Island, opened the Dragon Tomb, and gave them Dragon Seals so they could enter.
• Inside the Dragon Tomb, Jiang Lin spotted Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and Lan Hong suggested it could help Yao Chen enter the Ghost Path before distributing Dragon Seals to the others.

Inside the Dragon Tomb, Jiang Lin recognized the space as a sealed energy container and directed the group to cultivate with compatible dragon relics. As Yao Chen tried to approach the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, Xiao Yan realized the dormant flame might accept his former master, while Han Feng revealed that his Sea Heart Flame had become his natal Heavenly Flame.

• Jiang Lin examined the Dragon Tomb’s sealed array structure, explained his discovery, and sent everyone to search for suitable dragon relics.
• Lan Hong gave Zi Yan a Dou Zun Peak dragon bone essence, Yuan Fen chose one for Yuan Ming, and the group began cultivating.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Han Feng found the dormant Bone Spirit Cold Fire, whose power approached the Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Yan urged Yao Chen to subdue the flame himself because the Bone Spirit Cold Fire had once acknowledged him, and Yao Chen cautiously made contact with it.
• Xiao Yan asked Han Feng about the Sea Heart Flame, and Han Feng revealed it as an azure-blue flame that had become his natal Heavenly Flame.

Yao Chen awakened the Dragon Tomb’s powerful Bone Spirit Cold Fire, which revealed its intelligence and asked to leave with the group. After several people rejected its attempts to find a companion, it tried to make Yao Chen its pet, prompting Xiao Yan to threaten it; Yao Chen then refused to take it.

• Xiao Yan reflected on how the same cultivation art could lead to different paths and realized that Lan Hong valued her people’s survival over tradition.
• Yao Chen paid a Soul Price to awaken the Dragon Tomb Bone Spirit Cold Fire and spoke with its manifested form, a small Bone Dragon named Gu Aotian.
• Gu Aotian learned that the group could leave the Dragon Tomb and asked them to take it along, while Jiang Lin and Lan Hong said its departure would require a price.
• Gu Aotian offered to become Lan Hong’s pet, but Lan Hong, Yuan Fen, the Fire Spirit Colored Lotus, Zi Yan, Yuan Ming, Han Feng, and Xiao Yan all rejected it in turn.
• Gu Aotian asked Yao Chen to become its pet, so Xiao Yan threatened it with his power and Yao Chen angrily said he no longer wanted it.

Yao Chen formed a cooperative fusion with Cold Fire Little Bone Dragon and rapidly advanced as a Ghost Venerate, while Xiao Yan and Han Feng reflected on their differing paths with Heavenly Flames and how their choices had changed their fates. After a year of cultivation in Dragon Tomb Space, Lan Hong and Yuan Fen broke through directly from the peak of Dou Zun to Dou Saint.

• Yao Chen fused with Cold Fire Little Bone Dragon, forming a soul contract and rising from Two-star Ghost Venerate to Three-star Ghost Venerate.
• Xiao Yan and Han Feng discussed Han Feng's past, his symbiotic bond with Sea Heart Flame, and the possibility that he had changed his destined death.
• Xiao Yan refined the bones of a fire-element Dragon Clan member while Han Feng absorbed dragon souls, and everyone began cultivating in Dragon Tomb Space.
• A year passed as the group cultivated, and Lan Hong and Yuan Fen awakened after simultaneously breaking through to Dou Saint.
• Lan Hong and Yuan Fen reached Dou Saint directly from Dou Zun Peak, bypassing the Half-Saint realm.

Lan Hong and Yuan Fen used a Yin-Yang Returning Void Array in the Dragon Tomb Space, allowing Jiang Lin and the others to cultivate for two years at greatly accelerated rates. After the vortex faded, Yao Chen emerged from fusing with Gu Aotian, and Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan prepared to leave and pursue new opportunities.

• Lan Hong and Yuan Fen broke through to Dou Saint and formed a Yin-Yang Returning Void Array that stirred and refined the Dragon Tomb Space’s energy.
• Jiang Lin opened his Nine Spirits Returning to the Void Energy Black Hole, absorbed the refined energy, and released the excess for Xiao Yan and the others to cultivate with.
• After nearly two years, Lan Hong and Yuan Fen stopped the vortex, while the group used its fading energy to continue cultivating.
• Jiang Lin reached Peak Eight-star Dou Zun, Xiao Yan reached Early Six-star Dou Zun, Zi Yan reached Mid Six-star Dou Zun, and Yuan Ming and Han Feng also advanced.
• Yao Chen emerged after fusing with Gu Aotian and reached Seven-star Ghost Venerable, while Gu Aotian gained the qualifications to break through to Dou Saint.
• Jiang Lin decided to leave to handle other matters, and Xiao Yan said he would go out to seek Heavenly Flames.

After three years of cultivation in Dragon Tomb Space, Jiang Lin and his companions left to gain experience and visited Dragon Island, where Jiang Lin built a spatial array linking it to the Ancient Sea Soul Hall. The group arrived safely at the hall, and Jiang Lin began preparing to repair the Sacred Soul Hall’s teleportation coordinate.

• Jiang Lin reached Peak Eight-star Dou Zun and left Dragon Tomb Space with Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and their companions to travel and gain experience.
• Lan Hong brought the group to Dragon Island, where Jiang Lin declined to claim the opportunity beneath Dragon Abyss but encouraged Xiao Yan to explore it.
• Lan Hong named Zi Yan the future Dragon Emperor, and Yuan Fen left Yuan Ming on Dragon Island to cultivate.
• With spatial materials and help from Lan Hong and the Dragon Kings, Jiang Lin built a super Spatial Spirit Array connecting Dragon Island, the Raging Thunder Dragon Sea, and the Ancient Sea Soul Hall.
• Jiang Lin, Lan Hong, and Yuan Fen used the array to reach the Ancient Sea Soul Hall, where Jiang Lin began repairing the Sacred Soul Hall’s teleportation coordinate.

Jiang Lin restored the Ancient Sea Soul Hall's teleportation array and returned to the Sacred Soul Hall with Lan Hong, where he found its leaders loyal and thriving under his alliance. He offered Venerable Qing Hai, Lu Protector, and Iron Protector pills to advance their cultivation.

• Jiang Lin explained that he trusted the Sacred Soul Hall and restored the spatial teleportation array connecting it to Ancient Sea.
• Jiang Lin discussed the rare spirits and materials he needed to gather before reaching Dou Saint, while Lan Hong suggested the Void Thunder Pool as a possible source of Exotic Lightning.
• Yuan Fen agreed to guard Ancient Sea as Jiang Lin and Lan Hong departed for the Sacred Soul Hall.
• Jiang Lin arrived at the Sacred Soul Hall, where Venerable Qing Hai, Lu Protector, Iron Protector, and the elders welcomed him as one of their own.
• Jiang Lin praised the leaders' cultivation progress and offered Source Pills to help Venerable Qing Hai, Lu Protector, and Iron Protector advance.