Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling completed the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast’s treatment, healing its old injuries and strengthening its body with the Fallen Heart Flame. The beast escorted him back to the Xiao Family, where Xiao Ling explained the visit to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and noticed their auras had changed.

• Xiao Ling used the Fallen Heart Flame to refine the Primal Bone-Shaping Pill’s medicinal power inside the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, healing its wounds and improving its physique.
• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast awoke with its injuries healed, thanked Xiao Ling, and offered to serve as his mount whenever he needed help.
• Xiao Ling declined the beast’s offer to leave the Jia Ma Empire but accepted its offer to escort him and Zi Yan back to the Xiao Family.
• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast flew Xiao Ling and Zi Yan to Xiao Ling’s courtyard, then returned to the palace after Xiao Ling thanked it.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin asked about the beast, and Xiao Ling told them about treating it at Jia Ma Imperial Palace.
• Xiao Ling noticed that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin’s auras had changed significantly.

Xiao Ling learned that Qing Lin had reached Dou King Four-star and Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to Eight-star Dou Huang while keeping her poison qi under control. After Zi Yan left to visit the Snake People Clan, Qing Lin told Xiao Ling that Elder Yao had good news for him, and Xiao Ling went to meet him.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the special poisons prepared from the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex had accelerated her cultivation, and she told Xiao Ling that the sealed poison qi no longer ran wild.
• Xiao Ling praised Qing Lin's progress and cautioned Xiao Yi Xian to stop consuming poison if she felt unwell.
• Zi Yan collected medicinal pills from Xiao Ling and flew off to visit the Snake People Clan, promising to meet the others before they set out.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ling that Elder Yao had something to tell him and seemed pleased, so Xiao Ling went to Elder Yao's courtyard.
• Xiao Ling passed Heavenly Fire Venerable, who was practicing with five Beast Fires, and entered Elder Yao's medicinal garden.

Xiao Ling learned that Yao Chen had boosted the Sky-Holding Bottle’s output and prepared all the ingredients for a Purple Spirit Soul Pill. He decided to delay refining the pill until he had made a Sky Demon Puppet from a Dou Zong corpse to guard the Xiao Family.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Ling a Storage Ring containing the ingredients for the Purple Spirit Soul Pill and explained that the Brilliant Gathering Prism Array let the Sky-Holding Bottle produce three drops of spiritual liquid each night.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Ling that further increasing the moonlight would not raise the bottle’s output, and they discussed the rare Flame of Life.
• Xiao Ling declined Yao Chen’s offer to refine the Purple Spirit Soul Pill, saying he would wait until he was fully prepared.
• Xiao Ling planned to refine a Sky Demon Puppet from the High-level Dou Zong corpse and give it to the Xiao Family for protection before he left for the Central Plains.

Xiao Ling discussed the Sky-Holding Bottle and his plans for the Xiao Family with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then spent two and a half days refining a puppet for the family. He completed an Earth Demon Puppet with the strength of a Five-star Dou Zong and left the cultivation room, preparing to head for the Luoyan Empire and a Dou Zun Relic.

• Xiao Ling left Yao Chen and returned to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, where he tried Qing Lin's pastries and shared the details of the Sky-Holding Bottle.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested cultivating rare poisons with the Sky-Holding Bottle, and Xiao Ling told her it was in Yao Chen's safekeeping.
• Xiao Ling explained that he would refine a Sky Demon Puppet from a Dou Zong body and leave it with the Xiao Family as protection, urging the family to keep a low profile.
• Xiao Ling entered the cultivation room and used Heavenly Flames, Xie Yun's soul, a Seventh-tier Magic Core, and rare metals to refine the puppet over two and a half days.
• Xiao Ling completed an Earth Demon Puppet with the strength of a Five-star Dou Zong, stored it in his ring, and left the cultivation room.

Xiao Ling revealed that he had refined a Five-star Dou Zong-level Earth Demon Puppet, prompting Queen Medusa to ask whether the Snake People Tribe could obtain one for protection. He declined to lend it casually but promised the tribe refuge with the Xiao Family if disaster struck, and Medusa left with renewed resolve to prepare for the coming war.

• Xiao Ling emerged from the cultivation chamber and showed Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian the Earth Demon Puppet he had refined.
• Xiao Ling explained that the puppet was weaker than his previous one but still possessed the strength of a Five-star Dou Zong and could guard the Xiao Family.
• Queen Medusa asked Xiao Ling to refine a puppet for the Snake People Tribe, but she lacked the required Dou Zong body and Seventh-tier Magic Core.
• Queen Medusa asked whether the Snake People Tribe could borrow the puppet in an emergency, and Xiao Ling warned that its use could draw the attention of powerful forces.
• Xiao Ling promised that Queen Medusa could lead her people to the Xiao Family for refuge if disaster came, and reminded her that the Three Nations Allied Army was expected to attack in two years.
• Xiao Ling said he would refine a puppet for the Snake People Tribe if it ever obtained a Dou Zong body, and Queen Medusa resolved to remember his promise.

Xiao Ling prepared to leave for the Luoyan Empire and went to find Xiao Zhan to discuss preparations for the Xiao Family amid the threat of war. On the way, Xiao Yan revealed he had reached the Dou Ling level and intended to stay with the family, and Xiao Ling entered the council hall to meet Xiao Zhan.

• Xiao Ling told Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to prepare for their departure, while the women packed herbs, snake pets, and personal belongings.
• Xiao Ling went to Xiao Zhan's residence, met Xiao Yan, and learned that Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Ling level after using the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Ling toward the council hall and confirmed that he planned to remain with the Xiao Family if the Three Nations Allied Army attacked the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Yan that he was going to discuss countermeasures with Xiao Zhan and help ensure the Xiao Family was prepared for danger.
• Xiao Yan left for the Training Ground to practice Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler, while Xiao Ling entered the council hall to meet Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Ling told Xiao Zhan he planned to leave the Xiao Family and gave him two pills as emergency measures against the looming threat of the Three Nations Alliance. He then revealed an Earth Demon Puppet as a further safeguard, leaving Xiao Zhan facing the puppet’s overwhelming aura.

• Xiao Ling told Xiao Zhan he would soon leave the Xiao Family and wanted to arrange protection for it before departing.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Zhan a Life Devouring Pill and an Azure Nether Longevity Pill, explaining their effects and dangerous limitations.
• Xiao Zhan agreed the pills should be kept for emergencies rather than used lightly by Xiao Ding or Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ling promised another safeguard that could protect the Xiao Family across the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Ling summoned an Earth Demon Puppet, whose uncontrolled aura overwhelmed Xiao Zhan until Xiao Ling suppressed it.

Xiao Ling gave Xiao Zhan control of an Earth Demon Puppet powerful enough to fight an ordinary Five-star Dou Zong, securing the Xiao Family before his planned departure for the Central Plains. Just as Xiao Ling went to meet Yun Yun, who had arrived alone to request two pills, she resolved to pay any price to save her teacher Yun Shan.

• Xiao Ling explained the Earth Demon Puppet’s abilities and left it with Xiao Zhan to protect the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Zhan bound the puppet with his essence blood, tested its obedience by ordering it to smash a stone pillar, and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Zhan to keep the puppet secret and said he would leave for the Central Plains, possibly taking Xiao Yan with him.
• Pei En informed Xiao Ling that Yun Yun had come alone to the Xiao Family, and Xiao Ling went to meet her.
• Yun Yun waited in the reception hall, seeking a Sect Breaking Pill for Yun Shan and an Imperial Extreme Pill for herself, and resolved to pay any price to secure Xiao Ling’s help.

Yun Yun met Xiao Ling to ask him to refine two peak sixth-grade pills for the Misty Cloud Sect, but he used his urgent departure to press her for a better reward. She offered him an ancient pill formula, which immediately caught his interest, and began explaining its origins.

• Yun Yun met Xiao Ling in the Reception Hall, and they exchanged polite greetings before sitting down for tea.
• Xiao Ling asked Yun Yun to state her urgent business, and she requested that he refine an Imperial Extreme Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Yun Yun displayed the ingredients and offered Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as payment, but Xiao Ling said he had to leave the Jia Ma Empire before noon and declined the herb.
• Yun Yun inferred that Xiao Ling wanted a more valuable reward and offered an additional treasure from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun placed an ancient pill formula on the table, and Xiao Ling recognized it as a rare alchemical treasure.
• Yun Yun said she had obtained the inherited formula in the Gate of Life and Death secret realm after breaking through to the Dou Ling realm.

Xiao Ling traded the Misty Cloud Sect a rare seventh-grade pill formula and medicinal ingredients for the Imperial Extreme Pill and Sect Breaking Pill, which he had already prepared. After Yun Yun left to deliver the Sect Breaking Pill to Yun Shan, Xiao Ling asked Yao Chen to study the newly acquired formula and assess its ingredients.

• Yun Yun offered Xiao Ling the Spirit Source Marrow Cleansing Pill formula and other compensation, and Xiao Ling accepted the deal.
• Xiao Ling revealed that he had already refined the Imperial Extreme Pill and Sect Breaking Pill, and Yun Yun inspected them before storing them away.
• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Ling and hurried back to the Misty Cloud Sect to deliver Yun Shan the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin joined Xiao Ling in the Reception Hall, where Zi Yan asked him to make pills from the herbs he had obtained.
• Xiao Ling showed Yao Chen the Spirit Source Marrow Cleansing Pill formula, and Yao Chen praised its design and ancient refining methods.

Xiao Ling and his companions traveled to Luoyan Empire to investigate a Dou Zun relic, gathering medicinal herbs and magical beast cores along the way. They reached a hidden valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where the relic lay beyond a tranquil lake.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Ling that several ingredients were still needed for the pill, and Xiao Ling's group set out for Luoyan Empire on Rayquaza.
• In Lingfeng Town, Xiao Ling's group heard that Yan Luotian had failed again to capture the seventh-tier Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake, and Xiao Ling explained why the Golden Goose Sect wanted it.
• Xiao Ling agreed to investigate the relic first and search the mountain range for snake-type magical beasts for Qing Lin, while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan planned to look for herbs and treasures.
• After two days exploring the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Ling followed the map to a gorge and led his companions through it into a concealed meadow with a broad lake.
• Xiao Ling told his companions that the relic lay beyond the lake and warned them to watch for arrangements involving the Power of Space.

Xiao Ling and his companions encountered the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor guarding Turtle Spirit Venerable’s ruins, and learned why the rare beast’s kind had nearly gone extinct. After Xiao Ling showed it the ruins map, he claimed it had been passed down through his family and explained why he lacked Turtle Spirit Venerable’s bloodline aura.

• Xiao Ling led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to the lake, where they sensed a peak sixth-tier magical beast beneath the water.
• The Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor emerged and warned the group to leave, while Yao Chen explained its kind’s rarity and the coveted Deep Wave Source Crystal.
• The chapter revealed that the crocodile had once been rescued by Turtle Spirit Venerable and had stayed behind to guard his legacy.
• Xiao Ling told the crocodile they only wished to cross the lake and showed it Turtle Spirit Venerable’s ruins map.
• The crocodile questioned why Xiao Ling possessed the map without the late master’s bloodline aura, and Xiao Ling claimed it had been inherited through his family.

Xiao Yi Xian accepted the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor’s inheritance trial and fought it in a fierce battle. She won by trapping it in her Netherworld Heavenly Poison Domain, then collapsed from exhaustion and was caught by Xiao Ling.

• The Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor agreed to believe Xiao Ling’s explanation but required a fight before allowing them to proceed toward Lord’s inheritance.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked to face the guardian herself, and Xiao Ling agreed as she took to the air to begin the battle.
• Xiao Yi Xian used poisonous mist and ranged techniques to keep the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor at bay, but it gradually gained the upper hand and wounded her arm.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated the Netherworld Heavenly Poison Domain, weakening the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor as it struggled to escape and launched a final water attack.
• The domain endured the water column, leaving the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor drained and defeated while Xiao Yi Xian nearly exhausted her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ling caught Xiao Yi Xian as she descended, healed her injuries, and teased her about a reward for her performance.

After Xiao Yi Xian cured the poisoned Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor, it acknowledged the group’s right to enter the ruins and gave her its Deep Wave Source Crystal. The group reached the hidden spatial barrier protecting Turtle Spirit Venerable’s inheritance and began examining it.

• Xiao Ling offered to have Xiao Yi Xian cure the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor in exchange for permission to enter the ruins, and the guardian accepted.
• Xiao Yi Xian removed the poison from the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor, which then willingly poured its cultivation into its Deep Wave Source Crystal and gave it to her.
• The Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor explained that its guarding duty was complete and directed the group to present their map at a spatial barrier hidden beyond the lake.
• Xiao Ling led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan across the lake toward the cliff, while the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor returned to the water.
• Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo appeared beside Qing Lin and examined the concealed barrier, noting that Turtle Spirit Venerable’s spatial technique was exceptionally sophisticated.

Xiao Ling and his companions entered Turtle Spirit Venerable’s hidden valley and discovered a medicinal field filled with rare herbs. They harvested its treasures, including the ingredients for the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill, leaving Xiao Ling better equipped to help Yao Tianhuo and eventually resurrect Yao Chen.

• Xiao Ling used the ancient map to open the spatial barrier, and Yao Chen led the group into the hidden valley.
• Zi Yan sensed rare herbs near the wooden houses, and the group found a medicinal field protected by a formation that Yao Chen dismantled.
• Xiao Ling identified the Blood Spirit Demonic Fruit, Green Spirit Vine, and Snow Bone Ginseng as ingredients for the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill.
• Yao Chen explained that the Sky-Holding Bottle could grow more ingredients from their roots, easing Yao Tianhuo’s worry that there was only one set.
• The group harvested the field’s herbs, gathering three sets of the pill’s main ingredients, and Xiao Ling rewarded Zi Yan with a Spirit Origin Fruit.

Xiao Ling and his companions searched Turtle Spirit Venerable’s Library Pavilion, where Xiao Ling found and mastered the Blood Flame Spirit Burning Art. After demonstrating its power and discussing its costs, they prepared to explore the alchemy chamber next.

• Xiao Ling led the group into the Library Pavilion, where they collected rare techniques and Dou Skills, including an Earth Grade Low-Level movement skill for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Chen showed Xiao Ling the Earth Grade High-Level Blood Flame Spirit Burning Art, and Xiao Ling realized his recovery ability made its blood-essence cost manageable.
• Xiao Ling cultivated the art and demonstrated that its second level raised his strength from Three-star Dou Zong to Seven-star Dou Zong; he explained its three levels and pill costs.
• Xiao Ling ended the technique, and Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan finished choosing their manuals.
• Xiao Ling led the group toward the next site, and Zi Yan eagerly hurried along, hoping to see the pills in Turtle Spirit Venerable’s alchemy chamber.

Xiao Ling and his companions explored Turtle Spirit Venerable’s alchemy chamber, where Yao Chen identified a rare Spirit Gathering Cauldron and Xiao Ling found the alchemist’s legacy book. After storing both treasures, Xiao Ling led the group toward the chamber’s second floor, expecting to find medicinal pills.

• Xiao Ling led the group from the Library Pavilion to Turtle Spirit Venerable’s alchemy chamber and opened its doors.
• Xiao Ling discovered four medicinal cauldrons, and Yao Chen identified the finest one as the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, ranked fourth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Xiao Ling stored all four cauldrons in his Storage Ring, including the Spirit Gathering Cauldron.
• Qing Lin showed Xiao Ling an ancient book, which proved to contain Turtle Spirit Venerable’s alchemy insights and rare pill formulas.
• Xiao Ling stored the book and announced that the group would explore the second floor, where they expected to find medicinal pills.

Xiao Ling and his companions scavenged pills from Turtle Spirit Venerable’s pill room, then uncovered an illusion-hidden bronze hall after finding no trace of the Venerable or his Earth Fire elsewhere. They entered the Hall of Honored Remains and found a statue depicting Turtle Spirit Venerable holding an imitation of the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire.

• Zi Yan discovered Sixth-grade and seventh-grade pills, and Xiao Ling’s group collected four Eighth-grade pills, more than thirty seventh-grade pills, and over a hundred Sixth-grade pills.
• Xiao Ling used the system to identify the Eighth-grade pills, including a lifespan-extending pill and a detoxifying pill, while Zi Yan ate a Sixth-grade pill like candy.
• After the group found no Turtle Spirit Earth Fire or corpse in the other buildings, Xiao Ling explained that he had detected an illusion formation concealing an area.
• Xiao Ling broke the formation, revealing a bronze hall called the Hall of Honored Remains, which he believed was Turtle Spirit Venerable’s resting place and a test for visitors.
• Xiao Ling led everyone into the hall, where they saw a massive statue of Turtle Spirit Venerable holding a sphere that resembled the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire.

Xiao Ling and his companions discovered the Turtle Spirit Venerable’s remains on an Ice Soul Nether Prison Jade bed and triggered a trial to claim the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire. Xiao Ling accepted the Venerable’s challenge, and the chapter ended as the Venerable’s will summoned its flame to begin their fight.

• Xiao Ling sensed another Heavenly Flame nearby, and Elder Yao identified the jade bed as Ice Soul Nether Prison Jade that could store Heavenly Flames.
• The Turtle Spirit Venerable’s remains rose from the jade bed, and a beam of light examined Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin.
• The Venerable’s remnant will announced that they had to defeat it to inherit its Heavenly Flame and relics or remain trapped in the hall.
• Xiao Ling assessed the will as roughly an eight- or nine-star Dou Zong and chose to face it alone as a trial.
• Xiao Ling confronted the Venerable’s will while Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo stood ready to intervene, and the Venerable raised a deep brown flame in its palm.

Xiao Ling fought Turtle Spirit Venerable to prove himself worthy of inheriting the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, using the Four Spirits Sky Burning Flame and a spatial spear attack to overwhelm him. After Turtle Spirit Venerable’s body weakened, he stopped fighting and revealed his frail soul body, leaving everyone awaiting his explanation.

• Turtle Spirit Venerable sent a flame-formed giant turtle charging at Xiao Ling, who blocked its fire with a shield made from the Godfall Weapon.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Four Spirits Sky Burning Flame, which took the form of a python and suppressed the giant turtle until Turtle Spirit Venerable recalled it.
• Turtle Spirit Venerable surrounded himself with a fiery vortex and fired streams of flames at Xiao Ling, who dodged the attacks and found flaws in his opponent’s combat sense.
• Xiao Ling struck from behind with nine flaming phantom spears, shattered Turtle Spirit Venerable’s barrier, and wounded him.
• Turtle Spirit Venerable lowered his hands and let his fiery vortex fade, then released a weak soul body from his injured form.