Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling helped Han Yue and Han Xue control the Dou Qi in their seals, spent half a month at the Flower Sect, and then departed with Mu Qingluan. During their journey back to the Starfall Pavilion, he sensed a Soul Hall ambush and prepared to confront it.

• Han Yue and Han Xue tested their reconstructed seals and found they could control their Dou Qi freely.
• Xiao Ling accompanied Han Yue through Flower Sect affairs, declined the Great Elder's invitation to become a Guest Elder, and spent half a month with the sisters.
• Before leaving, Xiao Ling gave Han Yue and Han Xue medicinal pills, then traveled through the Spatial Tunnel with Mu Qingluan.
• Han Yue and Han Xue resolved to cultivate harder so they could help Xiao Ling when they met again.
• Mu Qingluan showed Xiao Ling her displeasure at being neglected, but laughed when he tried to placate her.
• Xiao Ling sensed Soul Hall members waiting in ambush and reassured Mu Qingluan as he prepared to fight.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan flew into a Soul Hall ambush, where Xiao Ling confronted four Heavenly Venerables and revealed strength far beyond their expectations. As he attacked them with nine fire dragons, Eighth Heavenly Venerable ordered the others to alert the Soul Hall Master.

• The Soul Hall's four Heavenly Venerables prepared an ambush, but Xiao Ling sensed their presence as he and Mu Qingluan approached on Rayquaza.
• Xiao Ling identified Eighth Heavenly Venerable Qiu Di, Ninth Heavenly Venerable Mo Yu, and the Black-White Heavenly Venerables, then Rayquaza blasted their hidden position.
• The four Soul Hall members emerged, and Xiao Ling mocked them and vowed to kill them.
• Xiao Ling unleashed an aura at the peak of the Nine-star Dou Zun realm, shocking the Heavenly Venerables, and summoned nine fire dragons to attack them.
• Eighth Heavenly Venerable ordered himself and Ninth Heavenly Venerable to hold Xiao Ling off while Black and White sent word to the Hall Master.

Xiao Ling faced the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables as they unleashed a combined attack, while the Black-White Heavenly Venerables tried to escape and report his strength to Soul Hall. Xiao Ling trapped the battlefield with his control over space and destroyed their attack with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, leaving the two Heavenly Venerables retreating from its advancing black ring.

• The Black-White Heavenly Venerables fled to report Xiao Ling's strength to Soul Hall, but Xiao Ling's spatial barrier trapped them and shattered their Spatial Rift.
• The Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables formed a massive ice sphere from the Ninth Heavenly Venerable's corrosive rain attack and prepared to strike Xiao Ling.
• The Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables launched Rain Eclipsing the Firmament at Xiao Ling, who chose to test his Great Heaven Creation Palm against it.
• Xiao Ling's Great Heaven Creation Palm created a black ring that swallowed the ice sphere without an explosion.
• The Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables recognized Xiao Ling's technique as a Heavenly Grade Dou Technique and hurriedly retreated from the approaching ring.

Xiao Ling defeated the Eighth Heavenly Venerable and Ninth Heavenly Venerable, then captured their souls instead of letting the Great Heaven Creation Palm destroy them. The chapter ended with their souls absorbed into the Myriad Soul Banner, giving Xiao Ling a chance to turn the two Soul Hall Venerables into tools against Soul Hall.

• The Eighth Heavenly Venerable and Ninth Heavenly Venerable burned their origins and used Soul Hall's Myriad Ghosts Devour Heaven technique to slow Xiao Ling's black halo.
• Xiao Ling decided to spare the two Venerables from the halo so he could refine them into Banner Slaves and use their influence to gather Soul Hall intelligence.
• The two Venerables destroyed the ghost hand and escaped the dissipating halo, then tried to bargain with Xiao Ling and threatened Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling rejected their pleas and threats, and two dark golden puppets pierced the Eighth Heavenly Venerable and Ninth Heavenly Venerable through the chest.
• Xiao Ling caught the Venerables' escaping soul bodies and absorbed them into the Myriad Soul Banner.

Xiao Ling defeated the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables, collected their souls, bodies, and Storage Rings, then reassured Mu Qingluan and carried her as Rayquaza flew onward. Meanwhile, Qing Lin told Xiao Yi Xian that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had restrained the Ancient Sky Serpent's soul, though she had not yet subdued it completely.

• Xiao Ling stored the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables' souls and bodies, then killed the Black-White Heavenly Venerables and collected their souls, bodies, and Storage Rings.
• Mu Qingluan arrived on Rayquaza, checked Xiao Ling for injuries, and asked about his cultivation after he said he had begun compressing his Dou Qi beyond the Nine-star Dou Zun stage.
• Xiao Ling reassured Mu Qingluan that he would not leave her behind, and she fell asleep in his arms as he rode Rayquaza into the night.
• In an Ancient Ruins in the Beast Region, Qing Lin told Xiao Yi Xian that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had restrained the Ancient Sky Serpent's soul but had not fully subdued it.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin returned from the Ancient Sky Serpent Ruins with treasures and an unstable soul remnant bound inside Qing Lin, while Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan returned to Starfall Pavilion after their Flower Sect journey. Xiao Ling reunited with Yao Chen and Feng Xian, recounted his recent encounters, and revealed that he had sent four Banner Slaves back into Soul Hall as spies.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin escaped the Ancient Sky Serpent Ruins after Qing Lin bound the dormant soul remnant, intending to ask Xiao Ling or Yao Chen to remove the danger.
• Qing Lin summoned an Eighth-tier Nine Nether Underworld Python, and she and Xiao Yi Xian rode it toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan returned to the Sky Star Mountain Range on Rayquaza, entered Starfall Pavilion through a Spatial Tunnel, and reunited with Yao Chen and Feng Xian.
• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen and Feng Xian about supporting Han Yue at the Flower Sect and defeating two Heavenly Venerables from Soul Hall on the return journey.
• Xiao Ling explained that he had released four Banner Slaves and sent them back to Soul Hall with a false account of their escape, intending to use them to gather intelligence.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin returned to the Starfall Pavilion, where Qing Lin revealed that an Ancient Sky Serpent soul remnant had entered her body and was being suppressed by her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Xiao Ling began examining her at Ling Yue Peak, where he discovered a strange pattern on her exposed back.

• Xiao Ling and Yao Chen sensed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin approaching the Starfall Pavilion and welcomed them into the main hall.
• Qing Lin told the group that she had subdued rare snake-type magical beasts in the ruins and that the Ancient Sky Serpent's soul remnant had entered her body.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Ling to deal with Qing Lin's soul problem, and Xiao Ling agreed to examine it and find a way to remove the danger.
• Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin left for Ling Yue Peak, where Xiao Ling began examining Qing Lin after she described unusual sensations in her back.
• Qing Lin loosened her clothes to reveal her back, and Xiao Ling froze when he saw a pattern on it.

Xiao Ling discovered that the soul remnant within Qing Lin was likely the legendary Ancient Nine-Headed Sky Serpent King and sealed it with his Spiritual Power. Qing Lin was left able to absorb its power more safely, and she offered to attend to Xiao Ling after his exertion.

• A violent remnant-soul aura attacked Xiao Ling, but he dispelled it with his Spiritual Power and warned Qing Lin to stop circulating her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ling concluded that Qing Lin carried the remnant soul of the Ancient Nine-Headed Sky Serpent King, a supreme magical beast whose power could greatly strengthen her but threatened to overwhelm her.
• Xiao Ling reassured Qing Lin and began placing a suppression seal while she used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to help stabilize it.
• The serpent soul resisted with all nine heads, but Xiao Ling's golden pagoda suppressed it until its phantom sank beneath Qing Lin's skin.
• Qing Lin confirmed that the remnant soul had become docile, and Xiao Ling told her to gradually absorb its power; she then offered to serve him while he rested.

Zhu Li visited Xiao Ling to explain that Zi Yan was struggling to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and needed a high-tier Sky Demon Phoenix magic core. Xiao Ling promised to find one, and the chapter ended with Zhu Li helping him withstand the Pill Lightning from his completed pill.

• Zhu Li arrived through a spatial rift and nearly disrupted Xiao Ling's pill refinement, then apologized for his sudden entrance.
• Zhu Li explained that Zi Yan risked harm from the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit's immense energy and needed at least an eighth-tier Sky Demon Phoenix magic core to absorb it safely.
• Xiao Ling said he did not have a suitable magic core but promised to find one for Zi Yan, and Zhu Li pledged the Ancient Dragon Island's help in return.
• Xiao Ling's pill furnace erupted with energy and drew Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, so Zhu Li transformed into his Ancient Void Dragon form to face it.