Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan's group discovered an Ancient Sky Demon Python guarding a Sky Demon Blood Pool and attacked it to claim the treasure. The battle began with Queen Medusa clashing with the python, and the group prepared to fight the powerful beast together.

• Xiao Yan's group rested after killing a ferocious beast, and the Amethyst Lion King returned from scouting with news of an Ancient Sky Demon Python ahead.
• Xiao Yan explained that the python's Sky Demon Blood Pool held energy accumulated over hundreds of years and decided to attack it.
• Xiao Yan's group entered the black mist around the python's mountain, where the beast sensed them and struck with its enormous tail.
• Queen Medusa transformed into the Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and countered the python's tail, sending it reeling and breaking many scales.
• The Ancient Sky Demon Python emerged from the mountain, and Xiao Yan called on the group to attack the Peak Dou Zun-level beast.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, but the enraged Ancient Sky Demon Python continued preparing to fight.

Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa battled the Sky Demon Python, and Xiao Yan restrained it with powerful divine skills. He led the others to the creature’s lair, found the Sky Demon Blood Pool, and jumped in to temper his body.

• Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan attacked the Sky Demon Python, which struck back at Xiao Yan with its tail.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Black Dragon Wave and Doomsday Light, swallowing the Sky Demon Python in Yellow Springs Light to restrain it.
• Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, and the others entered the Sky Demon Python’s mountain lair and found the Sky Demon Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yan reassured the others that the pool’s violent energy would benefit them and that their elders would intervene if danger arose.
• Xiao Yan leaped into the Sky Demon Blood Pool to temper his body.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Ancient Domain Stage, where powerful factions gathered before entering the depths of the Primordial Desolate Domain. There, Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Xun'er and realized she was four or five months pregnant.

• Xiao Yan led his group away from the blood pool and set out to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled for nearly two days and arrived at the Ancient Domain Stage, where Queen Medusa and Yun Yun sensed powerful experts nearby.
• Xiao Yan led his group through the crowded plaza and noticed the strongest teams gathered near its center.
• Xiao Yan spotted Xiao Xun'er among the Gu Clan group, and she rushed to greet him.
• Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Xun'er's protruding belly and realized she was four or five months pregnant.

Xiao Yan reunited with the pregnant Xun'er at the Ancient Domain Stage and learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was guarded by a vast Fierce Beast Army. After Xun'er warned him about the dangerous Soul Clan prodigy Hun Yu, Xiao Yan prepared to face the beast tide with the gathered experts.

• Gu Hua recognized Xiao Yan as a Dou Venerable, and Xiao Yan greeted Gu Qingyang and the others before seeing Xun'er.
• Xun'er revealed her pregnancy and explained that the Fierce Beast Army blocked the way to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and could only be overcome through a joint assault.
• Xun'er identified Hun Yu of the Soul Hall as a leading candidate to become the Soul Clan's next leader and warned Xiao Yan about his danger.
• Xun'er and Gu Qingyang described Hun Yu's Divine Grade Bloodline, undefeated record, and vicious nature, while Xiao Yan said his teacher was nearby.
• Xiao Yan resolved to protect the Gu Clan experts and regarded Hun Yu as a future enemy as the gathered experts prepared to charge the beast tide.

Xiao Yan and the others joined Hun Yu’s alliance to cross the Beast Tide and reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree. The united force arrived at the edge of the vast horde and prepared to charge, while Xiao Yan remained wary of Hun Yu’s intentions.

• Hun Yu urged the gathered factions to form an alliance because none could cross the Beast Tide alone, and most agreed.
• Xiao Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that Hun Yu intended to use the alliance as a shield, but Xiao Yan told his group to follow him.
• Hun Yu led the gathered experts north, and Xiao Yan’s group stayed away from the front to conserve their strength.
• The alliance reached a seemingly endless plain crowded with fierce beasts, with the Bodhi Ancient Tree somewhere beyond it.
• Hun Yu placed his people at the head of the arrow-shaped formation and led the force toward the Beast Tide, while Xiao Yan’s group held a safer position near the middle.

Xiao Yan and the others fought their way deep into the Beast Tide as Hun Yu and the Soul Hall experts abandoned the formation, leaving the remaining fighters to be overwhelmed. With the formation on the verge of collapse, Xiao Yan prepared to act and called for his teacher to lend him the divine artifact.

• Hun Yu led the arrow formation into the Beast Tide, where Xiao Yan and the others fought off beasts as they advanced.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that stronger beasts would appear deeper in the tide and urged everyone not to get trapped.
• The formation slowed and became surrounded as powerful beasts broke through, causing casualties and forcing the fighters into close combat.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Hun Yu and the Soul Hall experts had disappeared, while the formation was pushed forward and steadily destroyed.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yan the formation was about to collapse and that they would follow Hun Yu's group when they moved.
• Xiao Yan roared for his teacher to lend him the divine artifact, and a streak of purple light shot toward him.

Xiao Yan used the Destruction Scepter to unleash a series of Divine Skills and decimated the Beast Tide across the Barren Ancient Domain. He ended the assault by calling down the Yellow Springs, leaving the plains empty and the Gu Clan experts stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Yan told Xun'er to watch as he faced the advancing Beast Tide alone, while Yun Yun warned the Gu Clan elders to protect themselves.
• Xiao Yan summoned Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder, Annihilation of All Spirits, and blasted countless magical beasts with lightning.
• Xiao Yan followed with Death Storm and Ice Age, destroying tens of thousands of magical beasts and forcing the Beast Tide to recede.
• When the Beast Tide surged forward again, Xiao Yan flew into the sky and unleashed Overwhelming Yellow Springs.
• The Yellow Springs engulfed hundreds of thousands of magical beasts and vanished after leaving the plains empty, astonishing the Gu Clan experts.

Xiao Yan and his companions broke through the Beast Tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where they found Hun Yu waiting with his group. As more teams gathered, Hun Yu warned them that the ancient tree—not the Beast Tide—was the hardest obstacle ahead.

• Xun'er spotted that Hun Yu and his group had pushed through the Beast Tide ahead of Xiao Yan and the others.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his attacks to force a path through the beasts, and his group crossed the Beast Tide to safety.
• Xiao Yan and his companions saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree and hurried toward it, with Xiao Yan hoping to obtain its seeds so he could ask for Xun'er's hand.
• Xiao Yan's group found Hun Yu and his companions waiting near the tree, and Xiao Yan sensed a faint unease around the ancient tree.
• Several other teams arrived, and Hun Yu told them that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was more dangerous than the Beast Tide.

Xiao Yan and the other groups approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and discovered that it was guarded by five Half-Saint puppets. With the Bodhi Heart within reach but the opponents overwhelmingly powerful, Xiao Yan asked whether they should seek their teacher’s help.

• Hun Yu warned the others that a Half-Saint ancestor of the Soul Clan had vanished after encountering the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then led the way toward it.
• Queen Medusa sensed cold gray auras filled with negative emotions beneath the tree’s vibrant appearance as the groups advanced.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed the Bodhi Heart and produced five Half-Saint figures, which Xiao Yan and Xun'er recognized as soulless puppets.
• Hun Yu recognized one puppet as the Half-Saint ancestor who had disappeared with the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yan judged that his group could contend with only one Half-Saint and asked whether they should call on their teacher for help.

Xiao Yan and the other teams defeated the five Half-Saint Puppets and approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where its light transported them into a strange realm. Xiao Yan recognized a Beast Tide as an illusion and began to break free of it.

• Xiao Yan and the other teams agreed to divide their forces against the five Half-Saint Puppets, then fought until the final puppet crumbled to dust.
• After recovering, Xiao Yan advised those below six-star Dou Venerable to stay behind, but the gathered teams followed him toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The tree enveloped the group in a pillar of light, stripped away their Dou Qi, and made them vanish.
• Xiao Yan found himself alone in a white world with confused memories, then stepped through a halo and emerged in the Primordial Desolate Domain.
• A crimson Beast Tide charged at Xiao Yan, and he recognized it as an illusion before golden-green light on his forehead pulled him back toward reality.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had been corrupted by the negative emotions of a dead Dou Di, causing it to trap people in illusions. After the tree asked for help driving out its Evil intelligence, the Life Angel Power descended to purify it.

• Xiao Yan found the miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree and saw that Xun'er, Hun Yu, Jiufeng, and the others were trapped in illusions.
• The tree showed Xiao Yan an image of a black-clad Dou Di fighting the Bodhi Ancient Tree before another Dou Di struck him down.
• Xiao Yan learned that the dead Dou Di's negative emotions had infected the tree and formed an Evil intelligence responsible for its illusions.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked Xiao Yan to help remove the Evil intelligence, and Xiao Yan called on Master's Wife.
• A beam of golden Life Angel Power descended and enveloped the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree was cleansed, Chen Changfeng and Qian Renxue explained its enlightenment to Xiao Yan and promised to pass the Power of Life to Xiao Xun'er. Xiao Yan entered the tree to pursue enlightenment, while the others emerged from its illusions and found him within the trunk.

• The cleansed Bodhi Ancient Tree radiated vitality and showed its joy to Xiao Yan.
• Chen Changfeng explained that the tree could grant enlightenment with the potential to reach Dou Di, and urged Xiao Yan to seize the opportunity.
• Qian Renxue promised to pass the Power of Life to Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yan thanked his teacher and Master's Wife before beginning cultivation.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree drew Xiao Yan into its trunk and released the other people who had been trapped in its illusions.
• Xun'er worried when she saw Xiao Yan inside the tree, but Gu Qingyang and Qian Renxue assured her that he was safe.

Hun Yu tried to interrupt Xiao Yan’s enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree but was repelled, while Qian Renxue passed her Power of Life legacy to Xun’er. Xiao Yan and Xun’er remained inside the tree until they opened their eyes, leaving everyone to wonder what they had gained.

• Hun Yu struck at Xiao Yan beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but its power rebounded and sent him flying as Xun’er’s golden-flame attack failed to stop him.
• Chen Changfeng restrained Xun’er and invited her to receive Qian Renxue’s legacy.
• Qian Renxue told Xun’er she would inherit the Power of Life to balance Xiao Yan’s Destruction, then sent her through the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s defenses.
• Hun Yu and the gathered factions watched as Xiao Yan and Xun’er remained inside the tree, unable to tear open the sealed space or interfere.
• Xiao Yan and Xun’er opened their eyes as strange ripples crossed the space, and those present sensed an ancient weariness in their gaze.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree after comprehending Destruction and life instead of pursuing the path to Dou Emperor. Xiao Yan remained at Peak Nine-turn Dou Zun, but his new power made Hun Yu sense a serious threat as the Bodhi Ancient Tree began to glow again.

• Xiao Yan awakened within the Bodhi Ancient Tree, joined Xiao Xun'er as they emerged, and thanked Chen Changfeng and Qian Renxue for their guidance.
• Xiao Yan explained that he and Xiao Xun'er chose Destruction and life after witnessing Chen Changfeng and Qian Renxue's experiences and understanding those laws.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree rustled in response to Xiao Yan's thanks, and Xiao Yan told Gu Qingyang that he had not yet reached Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan faced Hun Yu with new confidence, while Hun Yu recognized him as a genuine danger and regretted not killing him earlier.
• Emerald radiance erupted from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, prompting Hun Yu and the others to retreat.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree released more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, and Xiao Yan collected them and shared some with his allies and neutral experts. When Hun Yu demanded eight seeds and threatened the Gu Clan and Xiao Yan after he refused, Xiao Yan summoned his evolved seventh-grade God-Slaying Spear and prepared to face him.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, and Xiao Yan drew them all into his hand before others could seize them.
• Xiao Yan gave Bodhi Seeds to Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, Gu Qingyang, Gu Xing, and several neutral experts, who then withdrew.
• Hun Yu demanded eight Bodhi Seeds for the Soul Clan, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Hun Yu ordered the Soul Clan experts to surround Xiao Yan and his allies, while Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, and the others prepared to fight.
• Xiao Yan challenged Hun Yu to survive one strike and summoned his evolved seventh-grade God-Slaying Spear as a powerful Destruction Aura filled the sky.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Yu, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s departure trapped the survivors in a space controlled by the Soul Clan. Soul Clan elder Gu You arrived to confront Xiao Yan, leaving him facing a Half-Saint.

• Xiao Yan pierced Hun Yu with the God-Slaying Spear and killed him in a single exchange.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sank into the earth as its space collapsed, then the Soul Clan sealed the area with spatial control.
• Gu Qingyang crushed a Space Scroll, but Chen Changfeng explained that Soul Clan Dou Sheng experts had made their own summons useless.
• Gu You emerged from a Space Rift and learned that Xiao Yan had killed Hun Yu.
• Xiao Xun'er stepped in beside Xiao Yan as Gu You introduced himself as the Second Heavenly Venerate and a Half-Saint.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er faced the Soul Hall's Second Heavenly Venerate, Gu You, while Chen Changfeng refused to intervene against the weaker enemies. Xun'er revealed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and fought Gu You, who summoned a towering black skeleton.

• Gu You introduced himself as the Soul Hall's Second Heavenly Venerate and demanded that Xiao Yan return to the Soul Clan or fight.
• Chen Changfeng revealed that a Five-star Dou Saint and Hun Qianmo, a Six-star Dou Saint, were hidden nearby, but refused to fight Gu You.
• Xun'er agreed to hold off Gu You while Xiao Yan prepared to face the other enemies.
• Xun'er exposed Gu You's ambush and exchanged a blow with him, staggering back before unleashing her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Gu You recognized Xun'er's flame, then used his Skull Staff to form a massive black skeleton from black mist.

Xiao Xun'er trapped Gu You's giant skeleton in a formation of Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and True Sun Fire, but Gu You broke the flames with countless exploding souls. Xiao Yan then launched a five-colored Annihilation Fire Lotus fused from five Heavenly Flames and his teacher's Fire of Annihilation, and it collided with Gu You's Ten Thousand Soul Bone Armor.

• Xiao Xun'er combined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame with True Sun Fire to form a fiery prison and bombard Gu You's skeleton.
• Gu You summoned countless souls that exploded in the flames, breaking apart the fire formation and shrinking his skeleton into a smaller, darker form.
• Xun'er retreated behind Xiao Yan as he prepared a five-colored Annihilation Fire Lotus made from five Heavenly Flames and his teacher's Fire of Annihilation.
• Xiao Yan launched the Fire Lotus at Gu You, who formed the Ten Thousand Soul Bone Armor from countless souls.
• The Fire Lotus struck Gu You's armor, triggering a tremendous explosion that shook heaven and earth.

Xiao Yan killed Gu You with his Annihilation Fire Lotus, and Chen Changfeng killed Saint Hun Qing before confronting Hun Qianmo and the Soul Clan’s other elders. Chen Changfeng left the Two-star Dou Sheng to Xiao Yan and Xun'er as a trial, while declaring that the Soul Clan would not leave alive.

• Xiao Yan’s Annihilation Fire Lotus erased Gu You’s body and soul, astonishing Xiao Yan with its power.
• Great Heavenly Venerate and another Soul Clan elder appeared, and Saint Hun Qing urged them to kill Xiao Yan and take his soul.
• Chen Changfeng killed Saint Hun Qing with black flames after the Soul Clan elder dismissed him and Qian Renxue.
• Hun Qianmo appeared beside Great Heavenly Venerate, and Chen Changfeng identified him as a powerful Soul Clan elder.
• Chen Changfeng told Hun Qianmo that the Soul Clan would be wiped out and assigned the Two-star Dou Sheng to Xiao Yan and Xun'er as a tempering opponent.

Chen Changfeng trapped Hun Qianmo and revealed that he was a Nine-star Dou Sheng, then summoned the gods of the God Realm to fight the Soul Clan Dou Shengs. He left Xiao Yan with orders to join the battle and take four Dou Shengs’ Saint Bones to the Gu Clan as betrothal gifts.

• Chen Changfeng collapsed Hun Qianmo’s spatial passage and prevented him from fleeing, revealing his Nine-star Dou Sheng strength.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate tried to appease Chen Changfeng, but Chen Changfeng summoned the Destruction Scepter and called on the gods to attack Hun Qianmo.
• The Silver Dragon and Golden Dragon King appeared, and seventeen God Realm experts rushed to fight Hun Qianmo.
• Chen Changfeng sealed the battlefield behind a starry barrier to contain the fighting and prevent anyone from escaping.
• Chen Changfeng told Xiao Yan to join the battle and take the Saint Bones of four Dou Shengs to the Gu Clan as betrothal gifts.