Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xing refined the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, raising the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank High without increasing his cultivation level. Five days later, he reunited with Medusa, who admitted through her concern that she had missed him.

• Medusa found that Jiang Xing had left her a Storage Ring filled with enough cultivation resources to support her toward the Dou Venerate realm.
• Jiang Xing swallowed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and refined it, merging it with his other three Heavenly Flames.
• A Gu Clan Dou Zong discovered Xiao Yan was missing and rushed back toward the Gu Clan, while a Hall of Souls Protector found Xiao Yan's corpse and recognized him.
• After five days, Jiang Xing completed the fusion, advanced the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank High, and remained a Three-Star Dou Venerate.
• Jiang Xing visited Medusa, who asked about his cultivation and showed concern when he said the flame had not helped him break through; he reassured her that his grandfather could obtain more Heavenly Flames.

Jiang Xing considered how to make the recovering Yao Lao refine pills for him, then cultivated the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations while refining a Fire Pearl during its weakening period. In the Gu Clan, Gu Xun'er learned Xiao Yan had been captured by the Hall of Souls and persuaded Gu Yuan to act by revealing Xiao Yan carried a fragment of the Ancient Jade.

• Jiang Xing teased Medusa after learning she had reached Four-Star Dou Zong, then considered how to use Yao Lao and Han Feng to secure pill refining without risking tampered pills.
• Jiang Xing practiced the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations over the following days and refined the Flame Lizard's Fire Pearl whenever the technique left him weakened.
• A Gu Clan Dou Zong told Gu Xun'er that the Hall of Souls had captured Xiao Yan near Jia Nan Academy, and Gu Xun'er hurried to ask Gu Yuan for help.
• Gu Yuan showed little interest in rescuing Xiao Yan until Gu Xun'er revealed that Xiao Yan carried a fragment of the Ancient Jade, prompting Gu Yuan to rise from his seat.

Gu Yuan sent Gu Yun and Gu Xun'er to rescue Xiao Yan and recover the ancient jade after learning the Hall of Souls had captured him. At a Hall of Souls Branch, Hun Miesheng questioned Yin Shan over Xiao Yan's missing Storage Ring, while Xiao Yan was believed to be dead.

• Gu Yuan learned that Xiao Yan had been captured by the Hall of Souls and decided to send Gu Yun rather than go himself.
• Gu Xun'er revealed that she had given Xiao Yan a Golden Emperor Burning Flame's Child Flame, angering Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Yun to take Gu Xun'er to the Hall of Souls and recover the ancient jade if possible.
• Gu Yun and Gu Xun'er hurried toward the location of the child flame.
• Hun Miesheng questioned Yin Shan, suspecting that he had taken Xiao Yan's missing Storage Ring.
• Yin Shan insisted that he had found Xiao Yan without a Storage Ring and denied hiding it.

Blood Blade tortured Yin Shan for Xiao Yan’s missing Storage Ring while Hun Miesheng arrived at the Hall of Souls branch. Gu Xun'er and Gu Yun confronted Hun Miesheng over the Hall of Souls’ attack on the Xiao Clan, and the chapter ended with Hun Miesheng accusing the Gu Clan of profiting from the Xiao Clan’s downfall.

• Blood Blade continued torturing Yin Shan for the location of Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, while Yin Shan insisted he had not taken it.
• Hun Miesheng mocked Blood Blade’s handling of Yin Shan and was about to give him more time when he sensed a powerful presence outside.
• Gu Xun'er identified the Hall of Souls as the place containing the Golden Emperor Burning Flame’s Child Flame, and Gu Yun stopped her from rushing inside.
• Hun Miesheng met Gu Yun, recognized him as a Gu Clan member, and questioned why the Gu Clan had come to his Hall of Souls.
• Gu Yun accused the Soul Clan of attacking the Xiao Clan and warned that the other six clans could punish it for breaking their oath.
• Hun Miesheng dismissed the oath and accused the Gu Clan of seizing the Xiao Clan’s foundation after the Soul Clan killed Xiao Xuan.

Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan tried to retrieve the Ancient Jade and Xiao Yan from the Hall of Souls, but Hun Miesheng escaped with the jade. Gu Xun'er found Xiao Yan's corpse and vowed revenge against the Hall of Souls and Soul Clan.

• Gu Yun confronted Hun Miesheng, who denied holding Xiao Yan and forced Gu Yun to withdraw with Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Yun summoned Gu Shen, and the two returned with Gu Xun'er to search the Hall of Souls for the Ancient Jade and Xiao Yan.
• Hun Miesheng fled with Yin Shan and the Ancient Jade when he sensed Gu Shen's arrival, evading Gu Yun and Gu Shen.
• Gu Yun and Gu Shen returned to the branch hall and destroyed it, while Gu Xun'er searched for Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er found Xiao Yan's corpse, mourned him, and angrily blamed the Hall of Souls and Soul Clan.

After the Soul Clan took the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade, Gu Yuan’s elders debated how to respond, but he doubted the other clans would join a campaign against the Soul Clan. Hun Tiandi heard Hun Miesheng’s report and began suspecting that Gu Yuan had killed Xiao Yan and hidden the jade, though the Golden Emperor Burning Flame’s Child Flame left him puzzled.

• Gu Yun and Gu Shen reported to Gu Yuan that Hun Miesheng had escaped with the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade, prompting Gu Yuan to summon the clan elders.
• Gu Xuan urged Gu Yuan to join the other five clans against the Soul Clan, but Gu Yuan explained that the other clans would likely refuse to help.
• Hun Miesheng returned to the Hun Realm and told Hun Tiandi that Xiao Yan was already dead and the ancient jade was missing when he found him.
• Yin Shan insisted he had not hidden the jade, and Hun Tiandi judged that he was probably telling the truth.
• Yin Shan recalled that a Golden Emperor Burning Flame’s Child Flame had been beside Xiao Yan, leading Hun Tiandi to suspect Gu Yuan had killed Xiao Yan and planted the clue to frame the Soul Clan.

Jiang Xing prepared to refine the Bone Chilling Flame after improving his Heavenly Flame techniques and fire lotus. He informed Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Medusa that he expected to spend about a month in seclusion, and the chapter ended with Medusa learning he possessed another Heavenly Flame.

• Jiang Xing reflected that the Gu Clan and Soul Clan both suspected each other of possessing the Ancient Jade, leaving him safely beyond their suspicions.
• Jiang Xing advanced the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations to minor completion and learned to create a Four-Colored Fire Lotus powerful enough to threaten high-ranking Dou Venerates.
• Jiang Xing told Qing Lin he would enter seclusion for about a month and urged her to keep cultivating.
• Zi Yan confronted Jiang Xing about leaving without giving her pills, and he handed her several bottles before leaving.
• Jiang Xing told Medusa he planned to refine the Bone Chilling Flame, and she was surprised to learn he had another Heavenly Flame.

Jiang Xing prepared to absorb the Bone Chilling Flame and promised Medusa four Transformation Pills for the Snake-People Tribe’s elders. After a month in seclusion, he refined the flame, advanced to Five-Star Dou Venerate, and strengthened the Flame Mantra.

• Medusa asked Jiang Xing for four Transformation Pills to help the Snake-People Tribe’s Four Great Elders, and he agreed to have Ji Feng find them.
• Before entering seclusion, Jiang Xing kissed Medusa after she closed her eyes, then gave Ji Feng and Lin Shan further instructions.
• Jiang Xing swallowed the Bone Chilling Flame, refined it with the Flame Mantra, and fused it with his existing Heavenly Flame.
• After a month, Jiang Xing completed the fusion, reached Five-Star Dou Venerate, and advanced the Flame Mantra to Quasi-Heaven Grade.
• Jiang Xing admired the new grayish-green flame and anticipated the power of a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.

After a month of seclusion, Jiang Xing reunited with Medusa and told her he could help her evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, a transformation that could let her reach Dou Sheng. The chapter ended with Medusa rejecting the condition he whispered to her for his help.

• Jiang Xing emerged from seclusion as a Five-Star Dou Venerate and learned that the Great Elder had reached Dou Zong after taking a Transformation Pill.
• Jiang Xing found Medusa bathing and reunited with her.
• Jiang Xing explained the ancient bloodlines of the Heaven Swallowing Python and said a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python could reach Dou Sheng.
• Medusa asked Jiang Xing to help her evolve, and he made a condition that left her blushing and refusing.

After a month of cultivation, Jiang Xing decided to return home and asked Medusa to come meet his grandfather while he helped Zi Yan reunite the Ancient Void Dragon clan. Medusa agreed, but Zi Yan resisted the plan to return to her clan.

• Jiang Xing reached Six-Star Dou Venerate after refining Fire Pearls and practicing the Furious Buddha Lotus Flame for a month.
• Jiang Xing told Medusa he wanted to visit his grandfather and invited her to meet him; after he explained his plans, Medusa agreed to go with him.
• Jiang Xing explained that he also planned to help Zi Yan reunite the Ancient Void Dragon clan and bring her home for training.
• Jiang Xing told Zi Yan he would take her back to her clan, but she said she wanted to stay with him because she did not know the clan members.

Jiang Xing persuaded Zi Yan to return to her clan, then led her and the others through a Space Tunnel to the Jiang Clan. He reunited with Jiang Cheng, introduced Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, and impressed his grandfather with his rapid cultivation progress.

• Jiang Xing convinced Zi Yan to return to the Ancient Void Dragon clan by telling her he needed her to grow stronger and help him, and Qing Lin agreed to accompany him.
• Two days later, Jiang Xing, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Ji Feng, and Lin Shan entered the Space Tunnel in the Tagor Desert.
• After five days of travel, the group arrived at the Jiang Clan, where Jiang Cheng joyfully welcomed Jiang Xing and met Cai Lin.
• Jiang Xing introduced Qing Lin and Zi Yan, and Jiang Cheng recognized their unusual traits before arranging for the group to rest.
• Jiang Cheng praised Jiang Xing for reaching Six-Star Dou Venerate in a few months and said he might soon surpass him.

Jiang Xing asked Jiang Cheng about Heavenly Flames and requested his help in uniting the Ancient Void Dragon clan under Zi Yan. After spending several days with Cai Lin, Jiang Xing agreed to leave with his grandfather to handle Dragon Island.

• Jiang Xing told Jiang Cheng that his cultivation art had evolved to the Quasi-Heaven Grade after refining five Heavenly Flames, and Jiang Cheng explained the difficulties of obtaining the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Jiang Xing asked Jiang Cheng to help East Dragon Island unite the Ancient Void Dragon clan and make Zi Yan its new Dragon Emperor; Jiang Cheng agreed after hearing that the rival islands' strongest experts were only Three-Star Dou Saints.
• Jiang Cheng told Jiang Xing that his parents were expected to emerge from seclusion soon, then arranged a separate room for Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin inspected Jiang Cheng's Storage Ring and was moved by the abundance of cultivation resources inside.
• Jiang Xing secretly visited Cai Lin's room and spent several days accompanying her before Cai Lin urged him to help Zi Yan; Jiang Xing promised to return as quickly as possible.

Jiang Xing and Jiang Cheng traveled with Zi Yan into the Beast Domain, where Hei Qing discovered Zi Yan’s royal bloodline and escorted them to East Dragon Island. There, Third Elder Zhu Li recognized Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Bloodline and realized she might know where the missing Dragon Emperor was.

• Jiang Xing, Jiang Cheng, and Zi Yan entered the Beast Domain’s void, where Hei Qing sensed Zi Yan’s powerful Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and approached them.
• Hei Qing identified himself as an Ancient Void Dragon from East Dragon Island, and Jiang Xing revealed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Jiang Xing showed Hei Qing scrolls containing Heaven-tier Ancient Void Dragon techniques, including two that the clan had lost, and said they had come at Senior Zhu Kun’s request to help East Dragon Island unify the clan.
• Hei Qing led Jiang Xing, Jiang Cheng, and Zi Yan to East Dragon Island, where Zhu Li arrived before Hei Qing could report to the elders.
• Zhu Li sensed Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Bloodline and realized she was a descendant of the missing Dragon Emperor who might know the Dragon Emperor’s whereabouts.

Jiang Xing brought Zi Yan to East Dragon Island and told Zhu Li that Zhu Kun’s soul had ordered him to help reunify the Ancient Void Dragon clan, while concealing Zhu Kun’s whereabouts. With Jiang Cheng’s strength revealed, Zhu Li prepared Zi Yan’s succession ceremony and planned an attack on the Three Great Dragon Islands in two days, while offering their Dragon Kings a chance to submit peacefully.

• Zhu Li questioned Jiang Xing about Zhu Kun, and Jiang Xing claimed he did not know the Dragon Emperor’s location and had learned his mission from a dissipated wisp of Zhu Kun’s soul in Zi Yan’s Storage Ring.
• Jiang Xing told Zhu Li that Zi Yan was to become the new Dragon Emperor, and Zhu Li confirmed her royal bloodline and thanked Jiang Xing for bringing her back.
• Jiang Xing introduced his grandfather, Jiang Cheng, who revealed that he was a Late Six-Star Dou Saint and offered to handle the Three Dragon Kings.
• Zhu Li announced that he would prepare Zi Yan’s succession ceremony and attack the Three Great Dragon Islands in two days, and Zi Yan reluctantly agreed to stay with him.
• Zhu Li publicized Zi Yan’s pure Dragon Emperor Bloodline and sent ceremony invitations to the Three Great Dragon Islands, giving their rulers a chance to submit before war.

The Three Dragon Kings discussed East Dragon Island’s invitation to a ceremony for the newly discovered descendant of the Dragon Emperor. They planned to feign surrender, kill her if her bloodline was pure, and use a coordinated attack to destroy East Dragon Island.

• The Three Dragon Kings gathered on North Dragon Island after learning that East Dragon Island had found a descendant of the Dragon Emperor.
• The North Dragon King reported that the descendant possessed Dragon Emperor Bloodline but had only the strength of a Dou Emperor.
• The Three Dragon Kings considered attending the ceremony and killing the descendant to make their own bloodlines the purest.
• The North Dragon King proposed positioning experts from the three islands near East Dragon Island and signaling them to attack when the Dragon Kings made their move.
• The Three Dragon Kings agreed to pretend to surrender and continued planning their operation.

The Three Dragon Kings attended Zi Yan’s succession ceremony while secretly preparing to attack East Dragon Island, believing it was vulnerable with Qing Shan and Qing Mu in seclusion. Zi Yan released her Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and the Ancient Void Dragons knelt and hailed her as their emperor.

• The Three Dragon Kings arrived at East Dragon Island without their forces, while their subordinates waited nearby to attack on command.
• Jiang Xing had Jiang Cheng conceal his aura so the Three Dragon Kings would not detect him and abandon their plan.
• Zhu Li received the Three Dragon Kings and confirmed that Qing Shan and Qing Mu were in seclusion, while claiming that subordinates had found Zi Yan and that she did not know the Old Dragon Emperor’s whereabouts.
• Zhu Li presided over the succession ceremony, and Zi Yan released her Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
• The Ancient Void Dragons felt the bloodline’s suppression, knelt under Zhu Li’s lead, and shouted, “Long live the Dragon Emperor!”

The Three Dragon Kings attacked Zi Yan after disputing her claim to the throne, but Jiang Cheng intervened and killed the North Dragon King. The West and South Dragon Kings fled, and Jiang Cheng pursued the West Dragon King as he begged for his life.

• The Three Dragon Kings refused to kneel to Zi Yan and attacked her and Zhu Li, claiming her Dragon Emperor Bloodline was fake.
• Jiang Cheng appeared behind the North Dragon King and killed him with one strike of Wind Shear, then destroyed his fleeing soul.
• The West Dragon King and South Dragon King fled in opposite directions after recognizing Jiang Cheng as a Six-Star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Cheng pursued the West Dragon King, who begged him to spare his life and offered to pay triple whatever East Dragon Island had promised.

Jiang Cheng killed the West Dragon King and pursued the fleeing South Dragon King, who tricked the Three Island Experts into attacking East Dragon Island. Jiang Xing and Zi Yan arrived, and Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Bloodline exposed the South Dragon King’s deception, leaving the Ancient Void Dragons to realize they had been misled.

• Jiang Cheng killed the West Dragon King and used Spatial Displacement to chase the South Dragon King.
• The South Dragon King told the Three Island Experts that East Dragon Island had backed a false Dragon Emperor and urged them to attack.
• Jiang Cheng saw the Ancient Void Dragons charging toward him and worried that fighting them would let the South Dragon King escape.
• Jiang Xing and Zi Yan arrived with Zhu Li, and Jiang Xing asked Zi Yan to release her Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
• The Dragon Emperor Bloodline stopped the Ancient Void Dragons, while Zhu Li explained that Zi Yan was their true Dragon Emperor and Jiang Xing showed them the North Dragon King's corpse.
• The Three Island Experts realized the Three Dragon Kings had deceived them.

Jiang Cheng killed the Three Dragon Kings, and Zi Yan unified the Ancient Void Dragon clan. Jiang Xing received the kings’ bodies to try refining them into puppets, then prepared to leave with Zi Yan, prompting Elder Zhu Li to argue that she should stay.

• The Ancient Void Dragon experts surrendered to Zi Yan, and Jiang Cheng caught and killed the fleeing South Dragon King.
• Jiang Cheng killed the North and West Dragon Kings as well, and Zi Yan ordered the Three Great Dragon Islands to surrender.
• Jiang Xing asked Elder Zhu Li for the Three Dragon Kings’ bodies so he could try turning them into puppets, and Elder Zhu Li agreed.
• Jiang Xing told Zi Yan he was returning home, and Zi Yan asked to go with him.
• Jiang Xing left the decision to Elder Zhu Li, who began explaining to Zi Yan that the clan had only just been unified.

Jiang Xing said farewell to Zi Yan and urged her to cultivate to Dou Venerate, promising to help her grow up afterward. He left Dragon Island with Jade Slips from Elder Zhu Li that would let him summon a guide back to the island.

• Jiang Xing promised Zi Yan he would visit once she reached Dou Venerate, and she was discouraged by how long that might take.
• Jiang Xing claimed he could help Zi Yan grow up if she reached Dou Venerate, sparking her excitement and determination to cultivate.
• Jiang Xing privately recalled that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit could help Zi Yan grow up and become much stronger, though he did not know where to find it.
• Elder Zhu Li gave Jiang Xing Jade Slips that would summon him to guide Jiang Xing back to Dragon Island.
• Jiang Xing accepted the Jade Slips and said goodbye to Zi Yan and Elder Zhu Li.