Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan ended the threat against Zi Yan and East Dragon Island, then reassured her that he would help her gain enough strength to lead the Dragon Clan. He traveled alone to the Beast Region, intent on finding the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the ancient ruins within the Bone Mountain Range.

• Zi Yan appeared and declared Lu Chuan her husband, while Lie Shan challenged her claim and invoked the Dragon Clan's rules against outsiders.
• Xuan Mo and Lie Shan withdrew their forces, ending the attack on East Dragon Island without Lu Chuan killing anyone.
• Zi Yan worried that her Half-Saint cultivation was too weak to command the clan, and Lu Chuan promised to help her grow stronger.
• Lu Chuan recalled that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit could rapidly increase Zi Yan's strength, took a drop of her blood, and left to search for it.
• Lu Chuan traveled through the Saint Pill Region to the Beast Region and headed toward the Bone Mountain Range, where the ancient ruins were located.

Lu Chuan reached Bone Mountain Range and located the hidden Ancient Ruins by sensing a damaged spatial Seal. After he shattered the Seal, a violent spatial storm swept through the Snake People who had tried to seize the ruins, while Lu Chuan stood unharmed at its edge.

• Lu Chuan traveled to Bone Mountain Range, dismissing the threat posed by the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan.
• Lu Chuan searched the range for three days while affiliated Snake People secretly followed him, hoping to steal the treasure he sought.
• Lu Chuan found a vast bone basin and used Space Power to reveal the distorted space concealing the ruins.
• Lu Chuan shattered the spatial Seal with a punch before it could dissipate on its own.
• A spatial tempest erupted and destroyed the charging Snake People as Lu Chuan endured the storm at its front.

Lu Chuan moved the Ancient Ruins into his Demon Realm and entered the palace, then brought Zi Yan to help locate its medicinal herbs. Zi Yan led him to a moss-covered stone gate where the herbal scent was strongest.

• Lu Chuan found the crimson palace in the Bone Sea and transferred the entire Ancient Ruins into his Demon Realm.
• Lu Chuan descended through the magma passage, defeated the ten silver puppets, and entered the grand hall.
• Lu Chuan remembered the Soul Infant Demonic Tree and brought Zi Yan from Ancient Dragon Island to the ruins.
• Zi Yan followed the herbal scent through the corridors and identified a moss-covered stone gate as the likely herb storehouse.

Lu Chuan and Zi Yan found the Soul Infant Demonic Tree, negotiated with its guardian for its fruits, and then followed Zi Yan’s bloodline to a Beast Spirit Cover. They discovered the hidden barrier, which held a connection to one of Zi Yan’s ancient ancestors.

• Lu Chuan and Zi Yan entered an ancient medicinal forest and found a Soul Infant Demonic Tree growing on an island in a lake.
• Zi Yan drew out the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon and subdued it with her Primordial Void Dragon bloodline.
• Lu Chuan gave the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon a Form Transformation Pill in exchange for the Soul Infant Demonic Fruits.
• Lu Chuan collected the two fruits, and Zi Yan sensed something calling to her from deeper in the forest.
• Zi Yan found a concealed Beast Spirit Cover and told Lu Chuan that an exceptionally powerful magical beast had formed it at death.

Lu Chuan and Zi Yan discovered a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit inside the Beast Spirit Cover, and Zi Yan claimed it for herself. They then entered the Pill Hall to search for the Pill Beast, where a plump white creature caught their attention.

• Lu Chuan encouraged Zi Yan to open the Beast Spirit Cover with her blood, and they entered the ancient ruin inside.
• Zi Yan recognized a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on the altar and absorbed it into her hand for later use.
• Lu Chuan and Zi Yan returned to the main hall and followed the medicinal fragrance to the Pill Hall.
• They passed through the first and second floors without collecting the pills and searched the third floor for the Pill Beast.
• A plump white, catlike beast appeared, and Zi Yan hurried after it.

Lu Chuan and Zi Yan entered the Ancient Ruins’ central hall, where Lu Chuan collected its techniques and confronted the Creation Saint’s skeleton. The skeleton unleashed the Great Creation Palm, but Lu Chuan shattered its attack with the Heaven Tearing Palm and struck it down.

• Lu Chuan identified and captured a Pill Beast before leading Zi Yan to the ancient hall.
• Lu Chuan and Zi Yan approached the Creation Saint’s skeleton, and Lu Chuan crushed the awakened Ancient Human Puppets with Space Power.
• Ten spheres released powerful Earth-tier techniques and cultivation methods, which Lu Chuan collected.
• The Creation Saint’s skeleton rose and attacked Lu Chuan, who blocked its strike with a spatial barrier.
• The skeleton used the Great Creation Palm to create a destructive Black Hole, but Lu Chuan destroyed it with the Heaven Tearing Palm and struck the skeleton until it fell still.

Lu Chuan brought Zi Yan back to Ancient Dragon Island with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and helped her refine it. Zi Yan’s cultivation surged to the peak of the Half-Saint stage, leaving her close to becoming a Dou Saint.

• Lu Chuan stopped the Dou Sheng Skeleton from cracking further, examined its mysterious bones, and left the Ancient Ruins with Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan showed Qing Shan and the other elders the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Lu Chuan instructed them to spread word so the Three Great Dragon Kings would learn of it.
• Zi Yan began refining the fruit on the altar, and its energy quickly raised her cultivation from Initial to Advanced Half-Saint.
• When the fruit’s energy crystallized inside Zi Yan, Lu Chuan used his Natal Divine Fire to melt it and help her absorb it.
• Two hours later, Zi Yan’s aura reached the peak of the Half-Saint stage, and Lu Chuan expected her to soon become a Dou Saint.

The West, South, and North Dragon Kings gathered to discuss Zi Yan refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and the threat her Royal Bloodline posed to their rule. The North Dragon King pushed for killing her and proposed a joint assault on East Dragon Island, confident they could defeat Lu Chuan.

• The West Dragon King hesitated to act against Zi Yan because Lu Chuan, East Dragon Island’s powerful ally, made him wary.
• Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu suggested Zi Yan’s awakened bloodline could restore the dragon clan, but the West Dragon King postponed a decision and ordered Xuan Mo to watch East Dragon Island.
• The South and North Dragon Kings arrived at West Dragon Island with their forces to discuss Zi Yan’s cultivation.
• The North Dragon King argued that they should kill Zi Yan before she grew stronger, while the South Dragon King questioned what they would do if she had already awakened the Ancient Dragon Phoenix Bloodline.
• The North Dragon King proposed sending all three armies to East Dragon Island and claimed their combined strength could defeat Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan protected Zi Yan as she refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and reached a fully matured Royal Bloodline, allowing her to unite the four Ancient Void Dragon islands. When the North Dragon King resisted her orders, Zi Yan attacked him with the Dragon Slaying Sword.

• Zi Yan advanced to the Three-Star Dou Sheng realm while Lu Chuan helped her refine the Dragon Phoenix Power.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings arrived at East Dragon Island with their armies, and Lu Chuan fought them to protect Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan emerged with a fully matured Royal Bloodline and Five-Star Dou Sheng strength, causing the Dragon Clan warriors and the three Dragon Kings to submit to her.
• Zi Yan ordered the three Dragon Kings to accompany her and commanded the four islands to unite, but Zhu Bei tried to flee.
• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and struck Zhu Bei, whose defenses crumbled beneath its power.

Zi Yan unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s islands after executing the North Dragon King, Zhu Bei, while Lu Chuan urged her to keep the clan’s growing strength hidden. Back in the Demon Realm, Lu Chuan gave the North Dragon King’s surviving remnant soul to Vulture Protector to devour.

• Zi Yan killed Zhu Bei with a single sword strike, collected his corpse, and ordered the dragon clan to unite the four islands.
• Zi Yan confined the West and South Dragon Kings and directed the East Dragon Island forces to integrate the other islands.
• Lu Chuan told Zi Yan to conceal the clan’s strength and recall dragon experts who had left.
• Lu Chuan returned to the Demon Realm, released Vulture Protector, and revealed that Zhu Bei’s remnant soul had survived inside his ruined body.
• Lu Chuan gave Zhu Bei’s remnant soul to Vulture Protector, who began devouring it in hopes of reaching Dou Saint strength.

Lu Chuan sent Vulture Protector to the Central Plains to prey on Soul Hall experts, then learned Cao Ying was pregnant and brought her to Sacred Pill City. As Lu Chuan and Cao Ying’s relationship drew attention from Soul Hall, its leaders also learned that Vulture Saint had killed more than ten of their Venerates.

• Vulture Protector devoured the North Dragon King's remnant soul, advanced to the level of an Advanced Half-Saint, and accepted Lu Chuan’s order to hunt Soul Hall experts in the Central Plains.
• The system announced that Cao Ying was pregnant, and Lu Chuan brought her back to Sacred Pill City using the Space Conversion Banner.
• Cao Ying told Xuan Kongzi about her relationship with Lu Chuan, who gave Xuan Kongzi a box of Bodhi Pills before taking Cao Ying to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Word of Lu Chuan and Cao Ying’s relationship spread through the Pill Region, prompting Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master to worry about a possible alliance with the Alchemist Tower.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate reported that Vulture Saint had killed more than ten Soul Hall Venerates, and the Vice Hall Master angrily rebuked him for failing to capture the culprit.

Soul Hall ordered the Great Heavenly Venerate and Gu You to hunt Vulture Saint, unaware that Gu You was Lu Chuan’s Soul Slave. Lu Chuan arranged for Vulture Protector to keep attacking Soul Hall while he prepared an alibi by taking Feng Qing’er and the others to the Beast Region aboard a Void-Piercing Giant Ship.

• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master ordered the Great Heavenly Venerate and Gu You to leave the Human Hall and find Vulture Saint within half a month.
• Gu You pretended to agree with the search while secretly remaining loyal to Lu Chuan, and he and the Great Heavenly Venerate split up to seek Vulture Saint.
• Lu Chuan learned that Vulture Protector had thrown Soul Hall into disarray and ordered him to intensify the attacks.
• Lu Chuan told Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, Feng Qing’er, Mu Qingluan, and the others that he would take Feng Qing’er back to her clan in the Beast Region.
• Lu Chuan summoned a Void-Piercing Giant Ship and set out for the Beast Region with ten companions, while Xue Mei, Ling Fei, Cao Ying, and Bing Yun stayed behind.

Lu Chuan brought Feng Qing'er and his companions to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Danxue Mountain, where the clan’s protective formation detected them. Phoenix confronted the group and accused them of trespassing.

• Lu Chuan’s Void-Piercing Giant Ship crossed into Central Plains, drawing attention as he deliberately made his journey conspicuous.
• Feng Qing'er admitted she felt unfamiliar with her clan after years away, and Lu Chuan reassured her as they traveled toward the Beast Region.
• Lu Chuan and the women reached Danxue Mountain and admired its vast golden forest and beautiful surroundings.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Ancient Phoenix Sacred Statue appeared, and a golden barrier sealed Danxue Mountain after detecting the ship.
• Phoenix, a powerful woman Lu Chuan identified as a Two-Star Dou Sheng and one of the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, confronted them and shouted that they had trespassed.

Lu Chuan accompanied Feng Qing'er to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, where Phoenix welcomed him after sensing his strength, while Jiu Feng’s greeting was rebuffed. Meanwhile, Vulture Saint approached the Human Hall, and a group of Soul Hall figures prepared for a mission, hoping not to encounter him.

• Feng Qing'er paid respects to Phoenix, who questioned her for bringing outsiders to the clan’s sacred mountain until Lu Chuan dispelled her pressure and revealed his overwhelming aura.
• Phoenix recognized Lu Chuan as the renowned Demon Saint and escorted him and the women into the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s holy land.
• Jiu Feng greeted Lu Chuan, but Lu Chuan dismissed him, then met Kun Huang and Ying Huang while Huang Tian remained in seclusion.
• Vulture Saint entered the Corpse Burial Mountain Range to target the Human Hall of Tiangang Hall, guarded by the Grand Heavenly Venerate and Gu You.
• More than a dozen figures emerged from the black chains within the Human Hall and gathered to carry out a mission, fearing they might encounter Vulture Saint.

Lu Chuan and Vulture Protector attacked the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, killing its guards and freeing the imprisoned souls. Lu Chuan gathered the freed souls to take them to the Demon Realm and establish Fengdu, keeping the destruction of the Human Hall secret.

• Vulture Protector entered the Soul Hall and seized the souls of the experts who attacked him.
• Lu Chuan arrived, and Vulture Protector wounded Soul Hall Third Heavenly Venerate while Lu Chuan sealed the area against reinforcements.
• Lu Chuan killed the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates, while Vulture Protector captured the remaining experts’ souls.
• Lu Chuan destroyed the Human Hall’s chains and freed the tens of thousands of souls imprisoned there.
• Lu Chuan ordered the souls to gather so he could take them to the Demon Realm and seal their dwelling place as Fengdu.

Lu Chuan destroyed the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, freed its imprisoned souls, and brought them to the Demon Realm under Vulture Protector’s care. The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master searched for the culprit, while rumors across the Central Plains blamed Vulture Saint.

• Lu Chuan took the Human Hall’s Soul Origin, burned the branch hall, and used the Space Conversion Banner to bring the freed souls to the Demon Realm.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master discovered the ruins and, finding no clues, suspected an insider and decided to report the disaster to the Hall Master.
• Lu Chuan settled the souls in Fengdu, appointed Vulture Protector to govern them, and returned to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• News of the Human Hall’s destruction spread across the Central Plains, where rumors identified Vulture Saint as the culprit.

The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan expelled Feng Qing'er to distance itself from Lu Chuan, but Lu Chuan promised she could one day decide who ruled the clan. After returning to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, he began absorbing the Soul Origin he had taken from Soul Hall’s Human Hall.

• Jiu Feng persuaded Phoenix to use the Clan Rules to expel Feng Qing'er and sever the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s ties with Lu Chuan.
• Phoenix publicly declared Feng Qing'er expelled, and Lu Chuan comforted her and promised she could eventually control the clan and remove its current leaders.
• Lu Chuan and his companions left Danxue Mountain, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan publicly announced its split from him.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master welcomed the clan’s decision, rebuked the Soul Hall Grand Heavenly Venerate, and ordered him to keep searching for Vulture Saint.
• After returning to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, Lu Chuan used his soul incarnation to absorb the Soul Origin from the Human Hall’s soul light sphere.

Lu Chuan absorbed a vast supply of Soul Origin and reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection before leaving seclusion. After receiving an invitation to the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, he decided to take Xiao Yu and reclaim the Xiao Clan's two places in the Heavenly Tomb.

• Lu Chuan absorbed the Soul Origin, and his Spiritual Power advanced to Heaven Realm Great Perfection, impressing Vulture Protector with its strength.
• Lu Chuan left his month-long seclusion in the Demon Realm and returned to the palace, where the women welcomed him.
• Yun Yun showed Lu Chuan the Ancient Clan's invitation to its coming-of-age ceremony, and he accepted that he would attend.
• Lu Chuan told Xiao Yu that the Heavenly Tomb would open after the ceremony and that her ancestor Xiao Xuan was buried there.
• Lu Chuan asked Xiao Yu to accompany him and vowed to reclaim the Xiao Clan's two Heavenly Tomb places from the Ancient Clan.

Lu Chuan set out for the Ancient Realm with Xiao Yu, determined to secure the Xiao Clan’s two Heavenly Tomb slots despite possible resistance from the Ancient Clan. They arrived at Ancient Saint City, where Gu Nan Hai appeared to escort them into the Ancient Realm.

• Lu Chuan decided to bring only Xiao Yu and vowed to confront the Ancient Clan if it refused to grant the Xiao Clan its two slots.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Yu reached Peak Fourth-Turn Dou Zun, while Lu Chuan advanced to Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Lu Chuan and Xiao Yu traveled aboard the Void-Piercing Giant Ship toward the Ancient Realm.
• Near Ancient Saint City, Lu Chuan explained the city’s history and the Dou Emperor power in its barrier before approaching on foot with Xiao Yu.
• Gu Nan Hai emerged from twisted space and introduced himself as the guide sent to lead Lu Chuan into the Ancient Realm.

Lu Chuan and Xiao Yu arrived at Ancient Saint City as guests of the Ancient Clan and learned more about the Soul Clan’s role in the Xiao Clan’s destruction. The next morning, Gu Nan Hai led them to the lake where the Ancient Realm’s gates were about to open.

• Gu Nan Hai personally welcomed Lu Chuan and Xiao Yu into Ancient Saint City and arranged a room for them ahead of the Ancient Realm opening.
• Ancient Clan youths and guests from other races watched Lu Chuan arrive, while Ling Quan and members of the Yan Clan discussed his reputation and strength.
• Lu Chuan recognized Soul Clan members and insulted them, then told Xiao Yu about the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Xiao Clan and the Yan Clan’s flame-marked members.
• Xiao Yu vowed to grow stronger and destroy the Soul Clan, and Lu Chuan promised to help her avenge the Xiao Clan.
• The next morning, Gu Nan Hai led Lu Chuan and Xiao Yu through the bustling city to the lake, where armed guards stood watch over the water before the Ancient Realm opened.