Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xing and Jiang Yue competed for a map fragment said to lead to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but they stopped bidding when a gaunt black-robed figure offered a Grade 8 pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. After the figure won the fragment, Jiang Xing and Jiang Yue planned to take it from him later, while the Space Trading Fair introduced its final item: sensational information.

• Old Man Baoshan announced that the map fragment was related to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and bidding climbed to eight Grade 8 pills with Eight-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Jiang Xing offered ten pills of that grade, but the gaunt black-robed figure outbid him with one Grade 8 pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Jiang Yue told Jiang Xing to stop bidding and snatch the fragment later, and Jiang Xing agreed with her plan.
• The gaunt figure exchanged the Nine-Colored pill for the fragment and waved it mockingly at Jiang Xing, prompting Jiang Yue to urge her father to beat him up.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Space Trading Fair's final item was free but sensational information.

Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Desolate Ancient Wasteland, then the Space Trading Fair ended. Jiang Xing and Jiang Yue followed the gaunt black-robed man who had won the Remnant Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and a mysterious voice interrupted the trio as they relaxed.

• Old Man Baoshan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Desolate Ancient Wasteland, exciting the gathered experts.
• Jiang Xing explained the Barren Ancient Domain's dangers to Jiang Yue and assured her that he and her mother could protect themselves.
• Old Man Baoshan concluded the Space Trading Fair, and Jiang Xing followed the gaunt black-robed man and his two companions out of the venue.
• The three men hurried south, fearing an ambush over the Remnant Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and their pills, then removed their black robes after sensing no one behind them.
• One of the men sneered that their would-be robbers had not dared to follow, but an unseen voice answered, "Oh? Is that so?"

Jiang Xing killed three Dou Venerates who tried to take the fragmentary maps, then returned home with Jiang Yue to give Cai Lin the Nine-Colored Origin Stone. After Cai Lin’s blood awakened its patterns, the stone began revealing a ninth one, leaving Cai Lin and Jiang Yue eager to confirm it.

• Jiang Xing defeated and killed the three Dou Venerates after taking their fragmentary maps, then collected their Storage Rings.
• Jiang Yue presented Cai Lin with the Nine-Colored Origin Stone that she and Jiang Xing had obtained at the Space Trading Fair.
• Cai Lin dripped her blood onto the stone, causing it to gain an eighth pattern.
• Jiang Yue worried that the stone had not become nine-colored, but Jiang Xing told them to wait.
• A ninth pattern began appearing on the stone, and Cai Lin and Jiang Yue bent closer to inspect it.

Jiang Xing revealed that he had prepared a Nine-Colored Origin Stone for Cai Lin and planned to help her evolve after they obtained the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity. When the tree appeared, Jiang Cheng warned them that they would have to compete without his help, and Jiang Xing set out determined to claim its treasures despite the Dou God Clans.

• Jiang Yue and Jiang Xing noticed a new pattern on the Nine-Colored Origin Stone, and Cai Lin realized Jiang Xing had remembered his promise to help her evolve.
• Jiang Xing told Cai Lin that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would soon appear in the Barren Ancient Domain, but asked her to keep the stone until after they seized its opportunity.
• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin spent two more months together before the day the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared.
• Jiang Cheng said he would escort Jiang Xing and Cai Lin to the Barren Ancient Domain but would not enter, since the Dou God Clans had allowed their younger generation to compete.
• Jiang Xing resolved to obtain the Three Bodhi Treasures and planned to take his family to Ancient Dragon Island if the Dou God Clans pursued them.

Jiang Xing and Cai Lin traveled to the Barren Ancient Domain ahead of the crowds seeking the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After reaching the Ancient Domain Platform, they hid their true strength and joined the lower-ranked Dou Venerates to observe the situation without drawing the Dou God Clans' attention.

• Jiang Cheng escorted Jiang Xing and Cai Lin to Barren Town, warned them about the danger, and gave them a Jade Slip to summon him.
• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin learned that most seekers planned to enter the Ancient Domain together the next day, but they headed there alone instead.
• Jiang Xing used Heavenly Flames to clear poisonous miasma, venomous insects, and attacking Magical Beasts as they crossed the primeval forest.
• At the Ancient Domain Platform, Jiang Xing suppressed his and Cai Lin's strength, and they covered their faces to avoid attracting attention.
• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin avoided the central stone platform and waited among the Five-Star and Six-Star Dou Venerates.

Jiang Xing secretly assessed the Dou God Clan teams gathered on the stone platform and reassured Cai Lin that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could help her catch up with their prodigies. He promised to send her somewhere to evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python but left her curious and flustered by teasing her instead of revealing the place.

• Jiang Xing sensed the seven teams at the center of the stone platform and identified the Soul Clan, Gu Clan, Yan Clan, and Ancient Void Dragon clan, while guessing the identities of the other three.
• Jiang Xing transmitted his assessment to Cai Lin, who worried that she might not be able to keep pace with the Dou God Clan descendants.
• Jiang Xing reassured Cai Lin that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could help them grow and promised to send her somewhere she could evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Cai Lin asked where the place was, but Jiang Xing said he would tell her later and teased her about an intimate memory from when she was pregnant.
• Cai Lin refused to agree to Jiang Xing's condition, and he left her without learning where he planned to send her.

Hun Yu formed an alliance to cross the Beast Tide and led the Soul Clan into the charge, using the other cultivators as support. As the beasts grew stronger and the alliance suffered casualties, Jiang Xing focused on the Soul Clan, which broke away from the alliance and pushed ahead.

• Hun Yu persuaded the gathered cultivators to join an alliance and set out for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, privately intending to use them as cannon fodder.
• The alliance reached the Beast Tide, where some frightened cultivators turned back and Hun Yu announced that the Soul Clan would take the vanguard.
• Jiang Xing told Cai Lin to stay close to him as Hun Yu and the Soul Clan charged into the Beast Tide, followed by the rest of the alliance.
• Hun Yu and the other cultivators attacked the beasts, awakening the Tide and triggering a fierce battle as the alliance advanced into stronger beasts.
• The alliance suffered its first casualties, while Jiang Xing watched the Soul Clan and Hun Yu led his people away from the alliance ranks and deeper into the Beast Tide.

Jiang Xing and Cai Lin crossed the Beast Tide and joined the other teams beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Hun Yu explained the Soul Clan’s early departure and urged everyone to continue forward. As the gathered cultivators approached the tree, Jiang Xing and Cai Lin sensed an eerie aura, and the group stopped to face the danger.

• The Soul Clan team broke through the Beast Tide first, prompting Gu Xun'er and the other teams to follow through the opening while Jiang Xing and Cai Lin held back and concealed their strength.
• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin crossed the Beast Tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where the beasts watched them but did not pursue.
• Hun Yu said the Soul Clan had gone ahead to test the route and warned that a Half-Saint from his clan had vanished near the Bodhi Ancient Tree; a Gu Clan expert accused him of not daring to go alone.
• Hun Yu led the gathered teams toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Jiang Xing warned Cai Lin to stay alert for the five Half-Saint puppets.
• Jiang Xing, Cai Lin, Hun Yu, and the others sensed an eerie aura near the tree and stopped to guard against their surroundings.

The group defeated five Half-Saint puppets guarding the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then the tree engulfed them in a mysterious light. Jiang Xing awoke in an illusory version of the Jiang Clan, where he discovered his aura had reached the Dou Emperor level.

• A cluster of light appeared on the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and five Half-Saint puppets emerged before the gathered teams.
• Hun Yu, Gu Xun'er, Qing Shi, and the other leaders divided the puppets among their teams and led the attacks.
• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin fought alongside the Ancient Void Dragon Clan but held back while their larger group battled its puppet.
• After the five puppets fell, Jiang Xing warned Cai Lin that an illusion might follow, and the group approached the tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree engulfed everyone in a pillar of light that disabled their Dou Qi and drew them away.
• Jiang Xing passed through a halo into an illusory Jiang Clan and found that his aura had reached the Dou Emperor level.

Jiang Xing escaped the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion and used twenty-four Bodhi Seeds to purge the black energy that had corrupted it. The restored tree pulled him into its trunk to receive its inheritance, while the others emerged from their illusions.

• Jiang Xing recognized the illusion of his daughter Jiang Yue and used the Bodhi Seed to break free.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Jiang Xing how a Black-Robed Dou Emperor had wounded it and asked him to dispel the lingering black energy.
• Jiang Xing refined the twenty-four Bodhi Seeds with Heavenly Flames, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree absorbed the resulting clear energy until the black energy vanished.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree drew Jiang Xing into its trunk, where he began preparing to sense its inheritance.
• The people who had been trapped in the tree’s illusions returned to reality, still dazed, while Cai Lin was the exception.

Jiang Xing comprehended the Enlightenment Beneath the Bodhi Tree while Cai Lin guarded him from a crowd eager to seize the opportunity. The crowd backed down after learning Cai Lin was an Eight-Star Dou Venerate and Jiang Xing had reached the Half-Saint realm.

• The crowd discovered Jiang Xing meditating inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree and recognized his chance to gain one of the Three Bodhi Treasures.
• Several people plotted to kill Jiang Xing while he was comprehending, but Cai Lin stepped between him and the crowd.
• Cai Lin revealed her Eight-Star Dou Venerate strength and threatened to kill anyone who attacked Jiang Xing.
• Hun Yu and the other six teams refused to interfere when the crowd sought their support.
• An old man revealed that Jiang Xing had reached the Half-Saint realm, frightening the crowd into reconsidering an attack.

Cai Lin fought off the people who had planned to attack Jiang Xing while he comprehended beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Outnumbered and forced to defend Jiang Xing from attacks coming from every direction, she transformed into her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python form and swung her tail at a Nine-Star Dou Venerate.

• A man rallied the would-be attackers to join forces against Cai Lin and Jiang Xing, and Cai Lin struck first, killing their badly wounded leader.
• One attacker urged the group to exploit Cai Lin’s need to protect Jiang Xing, so they split up and bombarded the Bodhi Ancient Tree from different directions.
• Cai Lin blocked their attacks but began to be overwhelmed as her Dou Qi drained.
• Cai Lin transformed into her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python form, shocking the crowd with her immense aura.
• Cai Lin swung her enormous tail toward the nearest Nine-Star Dou Venerate.

Cai Lin fought to protect Jiang Xing until the Bodhi Ancient Tree stopped a deadly attack, and Qing Shi then led the Ancient Void Dragon clan to defend them. The besiegers faced a sudden reversal as Qing Shi’s clan joined the battle.

• Cai Lin transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and shielded Jiang Xing from the attackers, suffering worsening wounds.
• A Two-Star Dou Venerate found an opening and fired a beam toward Jiang Xing, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree deflected it with an emerald branch.
• Qing Shi killed the Two-Star Dou Venerate with an invisible attack after the man urged the others to keep attacking.
• Qing Shi declared that the Ancient Void Dragon clan would protect Cai Lin and Jiang Xing, then led his clan members to stand beside Cai Lin.
• The attackers realized the Ancient Void Dragons had reversed the balance of power and grew despairing.

Qing Shi recognized Jiang Xing and Cai Lin and ordered the Ancient Void Dragons to kill the people who had attacked them. With Jiang Xing still comprehending inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree and its protection reinforced, the trapped groups cultivated in the stable space for more than a month.

• Qing Shi recognized Cai Lin after seeing her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python form and told her he was the Ancient Void Dragon Great Elder's grandson and had met Jiang Xing.
• Qing Shi revealed Jiang Xing and Cai Lin's identities to his clansmen, then ordered the Ancient Void Dragon experts to attack their assailants.
• The Ancient Void Dragon experts killed the attackers, while the other groups watched and refrained from intervening.
• The Ancient Void Dragons stood guard as Jiang Xing continued comprehending inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the remaining groups decided not to attack him.
• The trapped people discovered they could not escape the stable space, so they cultivated there for more than a month and improved their strength.

After emerging from the Bodhi Ancient Tree with deeper insight, Jiang Xing reunited with Cai Lin and learned what had happened while he was comprehending. When the tree released Bodhi Seeds, Jiang Xing gathered them all, shared some with the Ancient Void Dragon clan, and kept the rest, provoking the other teams.

• Jiang Xing emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and embraced Cai Lin, who had worried about him during his month of comprehension.
• Qing Shi congratulated Jiang Xing and explained that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had helped protect Cai Lin; Jiang Xing thanked them.
• Gu Xun'er recognized Jiang Xing as the man who had captured Xiao Yan years earlier and was stunned that he had risen from Dou Emperor to Half-Saint.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released Bodhi Seeds, and Jiang Xing summoned more than twenty of them into his hand.
• Jiang Xing gave several Bodhi Seeds to Qing Shi and stored the rest in his Storage Ring, prompting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan leader to challenge him for monopolizing them.

Jiang Xing revealed that he had reached the late One-Star Dou Saint stage, silencing the teams demanding his Bodhi Seeds. After the Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled everyone and vanished, Jiang Xing decided to flee with Cai Lin before the clans could try to take the seeds.

• The teams demanded that Jiang Xing hand over the Bodhi Seeds, while Hun Yu silently planned to summon the Soul Clan's elders once he escaped.
• Jiang Xing released his aura and revealed that he had reached the late One-Star Dou Saint stage, frightening the other teams into backing down.
• Jiang Xing refrained from attacking, deciding to remember the threats and settle accounts when he was stronger.
• The space destabilized and expelled everyone, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree burrowed into the ground before anyone could see the Bodhi Heart.
• Jiang Xing privately recognized that he already possessed the Bodhi Heart and decided to leave with Cai Lin before the clans pursued his Bodhi Seeds.

Jiang Xing fled with Cai Lin after taking every Bodhi Seed, and he and Jiang Cheng decided to seek refuge on Ancient Dragon Island. An unidentified black-robed elder caught up with them and confronted the Jiang Clan party.

• Jiang Xing escaped with Cai Lin and destroyed the Jade Slip used to summon Jiang Cheng, while Hun Yu and the other clans summoned their own reinforcements.
• Jiang Cheng met Jiang Xing and Cai Lin, then learned that Jiang Xing had obtained Enlightenment Beneath the Bodhi Tree and taken all the Bodhi Seeds.
• Jiang Cheng accepted that the other clans would pursue them, and Jiang Xing proposed hiding on Ancient Dragon Island.
• A black-robed old man caught up with Jiang Cheng, Jiang Xing, and Cai Lin, praised the Jiang Clan's strength, and left Jiang Cheng uneasy.

Hun Ye and Gu Song confronted Jiang Cheng over the Bodhi Seeds, each offering a different bargain while Jiang Xing weighed how to protect his family. Jiang Xing agreed to hand over the seeds, but both clan powerhouses pressed him to choose their side.

• Hun Ye demanded Jiang Cheng hand over the Bodhi Seeds, then offered to leave him two rather than fight.
• Gu Song appeared and challenged Hun Ye, then urged Jiang Cheng to give the seeds to him instead.
• Jiang Cheng worried that he could not protect Jiang Xing and Cai Lin from the two late-stage Six-Star Dou Saints.
• Jiang Xing decided to surrender the Bodhi Seeds, believing the men would leave them alone once they had what they wanted.
• Hun Ye threatened Jiang Xing, while Gu Song promised the Jiang Clan could move into the Ancient Realm and privately resolved to recruit them.

Zi Yan arrived in the Barren Ancient Domain and used her Seven-Star Dou Saint strength to stop Hun Ye and Gu Song from bullying Jiang Xing and his companions. She took Jiang Xing, Jiang Cheng, and Cai Lin away, then explained she had come to join the competition for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Zi Yan and Elder Qing Shan arrived as Ancient Void Dragons and reunited with Jiang Xing, Jiang Cheng, and Cai Lin.
• Zi Yan explained that refining a magical fruit had helped her grow and reach the Seven-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Hun Ye and Gu Song recognized Zi Yan's overwhelming strength and tried to persuade her not to interfere.
• Zi Yan defied Gu Song's warning and declared that the Ancient Void Dragon clan did not fear the Gu Clan.
• Hun Ye and Gu Song backed down, and Zi Yan led Jiang Xing and the others away without a fight.
• Jiang Xing asked why Zi Yan had come, and she said she had heard he was competing for the Bodhi Ancient Tree and wanted to join the fun.

Jiang Xing brought the Jiang Clan to Ancient Dragon Island for protection after offending the Gu Clan and Soul Clan. At a meeting of Ancient Void Dragon elders, one elder asked the clan to surrender some of its Bodhi Seeds.

• Zi Yan and Qing Shan arrived in time to help Jiang Xing save the Bodhi Seed, and Qing Shan warned that the Gu Clan and Soul Clan might retaliate.
• Zi Yan suggested moving the Jiang Clan to Ancient Dragon Island, and Jiang Cheng agreed after considering the family's safety.
• Jiang Xing explained the danger to his family, and the Jiang Clan packed its resources and set out for Ancient Dragon Island with its loyal subordinates.
• The Jiang Clan arrived on Ancient Dragon Island, where Zi Yan welcomed them and explained their connection to the Ancient Void Dragon race.
• Zi Yan told the Ancient Void Dragon elders to treat the Jiang Clan with courtesy, but a Half-Saint elder asked Jiang Xing to give the race several Bodhi Seeds.