Chapter Summaries

Su Yun left Nether Valley and the Northern Region to Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa as he departed for the Beast Domain, while the Yao Clan tortured Yellow Springs Venerable for information about Spirit Nurturing Dust. Yao Dan’s search for the hidden auction and the mysterious Blade Dao Saint stalled, and Yao Ling arrived to see him.

• Su Yun tore open the void and left for the Beast Domain, while Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa watched him go and the Amethyst Winged Lion King wondered whether he was nearing the Saint Realm.
• Yao Wan Gui tortured Yellow Springs Venerable, who insisted he knew nothing about the people behind Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Yao Dan learned that Yellow Springs Venerable remained the Yao Clan’s only lead after the Underground Auction vanished and the Alchemist Tower refused to cooperate.
• Yao Dan and Yao Wan Gui discussed the unknown Blade Dao Saint’s extraordinary blade intent and the mystery of his origins.
• After an elder announced Yao Ling’s arrival, Yao Dan allowed her into the courtyard.

Yao Ling sought permission from Yao Dan to avenge Yao Tian, but the Yao Clan leaders refused to risk the clan for a personal grudge. Alone in the flower garden, she was corrupted by the Blood-colored Skull and opened her eyes with a scarlet light in them.

• Yao Dan told Yao Ling that the Yao Clan could not move against the Alchemist Tower without shared interests, while Yao Wan Gui ordered her to focus on finding clues about Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Yao Ling left the hall and mourned Yao Tian in the secret garden they had shared, despairing that she lacked the strength and support to avenge him.
• A Blood-colored Skull fell from Yao Ling's sleeve and awakened as she considered using it to gain power.
• The skull's influence turned Yao Ling's grief and resentment into an overwhelming desire for revenge, and it consumed the Yao Emperor bloodline's attempt to protect her soul.
• Yao Ling pressed the skull to her forehead and merged with its corrupting power; the flowers around her withered as she opened her eyes with a scarlet glow.

Qing Lin entered the Beast Domain to find stronger snake-type magical beasts for her cultivation, but her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils led her into conflict with the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan. After suppressing an Ancient Sky Snake Remnant Soul inside her sea of consciousness, she exposed her hiding place and the clan's forces closed in.

• The Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan discovered that a human woman with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had killed or overcome several of its elders and ordered a search for her.
• Qing Lin watched the Half-Saint elder from hiding and reflected that she had entered the Beast Domain to find stronger snake-type magical beasts.
• Qing Lin struggled against an Ancient Sky Snake Remnant Soul that had attached itself to her body and tried to seize control of her.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to suppress the nine-headed snake shadow and force the remnant soul back into dormancy.
• Qing Lin's released Dou Qi revealed her location, and Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan elders and warriors rushed toward her hiding place.

Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control members of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan and flee, but their Half-Saint elder trapped her beyond her control range. Just as he attacked, a young man in white arrived and cut open the encirclement with a golden sword strike.

• Qing Lin controlled five missing Nine Nether Underworld Python Dou Venerables and used them to delay the clan while she escaped into the forest.
• Qing Lin controlled two Nine-star Dou Venerables who blocked her path, but an Ink-robed Half-Saint ordered the clan to surround her from at least fifty li away.
• The Ink-robed Half-Saint explained that Qing Lin could control only weaker Snake Race members, then prepared to kill her despite the two controlled clansmen beside her.
• A golden sword ray cut through the encirclement and destroyed the Half-Saint's attack, saving Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin saw a young man in white carrying a Three-foot Green Peak walk toward her over the python clan's corpses.

Su Yun rescued Qing Lin from the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan by killing their Half-Saint and slaughtering the pursuing pythons. As he prepared to leave with her, a Dou Saint arrived and blocked their escape.

• Su Yun confronted the Ink-robed Half-Saint and learned that the clan was targeting Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Su Yun killed the Ink-robed Half-Saint with a golden Sword Light after refusing to abandon Qing Lin.
• Su Yun unleashed countless sword lights that hunted down and killed the remaining Nine Nether Underworld Pythons.
• Su Yun checked on Qing Lin, who thanked him and explained that she had accidentally wandered into the clan's territory.
• Su Yun urged Qing Lin to leave before the clan's Dou Saint arrived, but an overwhelming saintly presence appeared and declared it was too late.

Su Yun protected Qing Lin from Yao Xiaotian, the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan Leader, and killed him with Sword Art—Demon Slaying after destroying his Yellow Springs Palm. The battle ended with Yao Xiaotian’s body on the ground and Su Yun’s longsword shattered.

• Yao Xiaotian arrived and threatened Qing Lin, but Su Yun told her to stand behind him.
• Yao Xiaotian attacked Su Yun with the Heaven-class Yellow Springs Palm and boasted of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan’s inheritance.
• Su Yun unleashed Sword Art—Demon Slaying and pierced through the Yellow Springs Palm, dispersing its Saint Power.
• Yao Xiaotian transformed into his colossal python form and charged at Su Yun’s sword intent.
• Su Yun’s Sword Light cut Yao Xiaotian’s body in two, and the surviving sword shattered after the battle.

Qing Lin told Su Yun how her difficult past led her from Heavenly Snake Manor to the Beast Domain, where he rescued her. When Su Yun urged her to find a goal in life, Qing Lin declared that she wanted to kill Nether Venerable.

• Qing Lin recovered in a hidden cave and thanked Su Yun for saving her, learning that she could call him Brother Xiao.
• Su Yun prepared to leave, but Qing Lin asked to follow him because she had nowhere to go.
• Qing Lin recounted her mother's death, her rejection by others, and how Heavenly Snake Manor took her in before trying to force her into a marriage.
• Qing Lin explained that she fled to the Central Plains, became a Dou Venerable, and entered the Beast Domain to capture snake magical beasts, where she encountered Su Yun.
• Su Yun urged Qing Lin to find a goal that would guide her, and she said she wanted to kill Nether Venerable, leaving him stunned.

Su Yun persuaded Qing Lin to abandon Heavenly Snake Manor’s revenge and join him in defending the human race, then offered her an ancient inheritance to strengthen her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. As he began guiding Qing Lin, a quiet change unfolded within the Yao Clan.

• Su Yun told Qing Lin that Nether Valley was protecting the human race and challenged her to put aside Heavenly Snake Manor’s private grudge against Nether Venerable.
• Qing Lin recognized the evil deeds of Heavenly Snake Manor, stopped Su Yun from leaving, and declared that she wanted to serve the human race and reform the manor.
• Qing Lin guessed that Su Yun was Xiao Ji Bai, and Su Yun warned that he would destroy Heavenly Snake Manor if she failed to deal with its evildoers herself.
• Su Yun accepted Qing Lin as his companion, gave her two jade slips containing an ancient Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance, and promised to train her.
• While Su Yun was sweet-talking Qing Lin, a quiet change began within the Yao Clan.

Yao Dan learned that the Yao Clan had made no progress finding the Spirit Nurturing Dust and discussed the growing Zhongzhou Alliance. Meanwhile, Yao Shi left the Medicine Realm for a secret meeting with Yao Ling, arriving at their rendezvous in the forest.

• Yao Wan Gui reported that the Yao Clan had failed to find the Spirit Nurturing Dust and that the Zhongzhou Alliance was obstructing its investigation.
• Yao Dan dismissed concerns about the clan's declining Descendant People, ordered its young prodigies to return, and increased the cultivation resources given to Yao Ling.
• Yao Shi persuaded the gate elder to let him leave the Medicine Realm for another secret tryst with his elder cousin, Yao Ling.
• Yao Shi reached a forest clearing two hours later and called out to Yao Ling.

Yao Ling lured Yao Shi into a private meeting, took his Storage Ring, and killed him to claim the Soul Guiding Jade and feed his blood qi to the Blood Skull Gu. After disposing of the jade in a Space Rift and absorbing the resulting bloodline power, she was left craving more.

• Yao Ling reassured Yao Shi that they could be together once she took control of the clan, then presented him with a ring.
• Yao Ling removed Yao Shi's Storage Ring and put the new ring on his finger.
• Yao Ling attacked Yao Shi and pierced his chest, killing him.
• Yao Ling erased Yao Shi's soul imprint from his Storage Ring and retrieved the Soul Guiding Jade.
• Yao Ling threw the Soul Guiding Jade into a Space Rift, then used blood-colored Battle Qi to dissolve Yao Shi's corpse and feed its blood qi to the Blood Skull Gu.
• Yao Ling absorbed the Blood Skull Gu's strengthened bloodline power and said she wanted more.

Xiao Yan claimed the Alchemist Tournament championship, while a year and a half later Su Yun helped Qing Lin reach the Spirit Realm and control the Nine-headed Sky Snake. Su Yun invited Qing Lin to join him in taking revenge on the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, and she agreed.

• Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Tournament and obtained the qualification to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Su Yun guided Qing Lin as she used Spirit Nurturing Dust and his Soul Art to break through to the Spirit Realm.
• Qing Lin used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to suppress the Nine-headed Sky Snake and bring it under her control.
• Su Yun explained his teacher's old grievance against the Ancient Sky Snake Clan and decided to seek repayment from the Nine Nether Underworld Pythons.
• Su Yun invited Qing Lin to travel with him to the Nether Snake Mountain Range, and Qing Lin accepted.

Su Yun and Qing Lin attacked the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, whose Great Elder had taken charge after Clan Leader Yao Xiaotian disappeared. Qing Lin successfully used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the Great Elder, leaving the clan’s remaining resistance uncertain.

• The Great Elder recalled how Yao Xiaotian disappeared after pursuing the owner of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Su Yun split the Nether Snake Mountain Range with a golden sword strike and confronted the clan alongside Qing Lin.
• The Great Elder recognized Qing Lin’s eyes and accused her of killing Yao Xiaotian.
• Qing Lin began using her ancient secret art to control the Great Elder, who attacked her with a mass of venom.
• Su Yun blocked the venom with a wall of sword qi, and Qing Lin’s secret art transformed the Great Elder’s eyes into the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Su Yun and Qing Lin destroyed the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, then entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and found Yao Ming, the clan’s imprisoned former leader. Qing Lin controlled Yao Ming, leaving his fate in their hands.

• Qing Lin used the controlled Great Elder and five Half-Saint elders to slaughter the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan over three days and nights.
• Su Yun told Qing Lin to collect the clan’s Essence Blood to recreate an Ancient Sky Snake with the Nine-headed Sky Snake’s soul.
• Su Yun’s sword sensed someone hiding in the depths of the Nether Snake Mountain Range, and he and Qing Lin headed for the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Su Yun and Qing Lin found Yao Ming chained in the springs, and he revealed that Yao Xiaotian had imprisoned him and seized the clan leadership.
• Yao Ming recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but Qing Lin controlled him before he could plead for mercy.

Su Yun left Qing Lin in the Nether Snake Mountain Range and contacted Feng Qing’er, announcing that he had found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Feng Qing’er and the others prepared to head for the Beast Domain as the Ancient Ruins neared their opening.

• Su Yun assessed Yao Ming’s weakened state and told Qing Lin that it was time for him to leave.
• Qing Lin offered to accompany Su Yun, but he persuaded her to remain in the Nether Snake Mountain Range and continue cultivating.
• Su Yun departed through a Space Rift and later used the Soul Guiding Jade to contact Feng Qing’er.
• Feng Qing’er trained with Phoenix while Kun Huang and Ying Huang discussed their clan’s precarious position and doubts about the Phoenix Emperor.
• Su Yun’s soul phantom appeared before Feng Qing’er and the others, declaring that he had found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and ordering them to head for the Beast Domain.

Su Yun alerted the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was in the Skeleton Mountain Range, then contacted Xiao Yan to send him and Zi Yan after it. Xiao Yan agreed to the mission after demonstrating the Human Emperor Banner’s power against a Soul Hall branch.

• The Phoenix Emperor ordered Phoenix, Feng Qing'er, and the others to retrieve the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit from the Skeleton Mountain Range while he fought Xiao Ji Bai.
• Su Yun finished contacting the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and used a Soul Guiding Jade to reach Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used the Human Emperor Banner to absorb several Soul Hall Protectors and forcibly strip a Soul Hall Venerable of his soul.
• Xiao Yan told Heavenly Fire Venerable that his banner held twenty-four Dou Venerable Soul Bodies and that he still needed more to complete the Earth Fiend Soul Refining Array.
• Su Yun told Xiao Yan that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was likely in the Skeleton Mountain Range and ordered him to contact Zi Yan and retrieve it.
• Xiao Yan promised Su Yun he would not fail the mission.

Xiao Yan and his companions waited for the sealed Saint’s ruins to open, hoping to find the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. When the seal finally broke and an ancient city appeared, the gathered cultivators were poised to enter.

• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Qi You waited in the Skeleton Mountain Range after searching for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit without success.
• Qi You proposed killing the other people gathered at the ruins, but Xiao Yan refused, and Zi Yan reminded him of her promise not to become enemies with humans.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable warned that the Six Ancient Clans might send experts, while Xiao Yan judged that the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan was too troubled to interfere.
• The seal shattered amid a burst of golden light, revealing a magnificent ancient city and its Saintly might.

Qi You claimed the Ancient Ruins for himself and trapped the cultivators outside, planning to enter with Xiao Yan and their companions. Before they could go in, a golden flame shattered his barrier and a group of four arrived, including three more Dou Shengs; Xiao Yan recognized Feng Qing’er among them.

• Qi You intimidated the crowd with his Dou Sheng pressure and ordered everyone to leave the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• The cultivators charged the ruins, but Qi You trapped them behind an unbreakable spatial barrier and prepared to enter with Xiao Yan and the others.
• A pillar of golden flame destroyed the barrier and killed many cultivators, while Tang Zhen survived the blast but lost the Fen Yan Valley elders accompanying him.
• Four figures appeared in the sky, three of them radiating Dou Sheng pressure, and Xiao Yan recognized Feng Qing’er among them.

Phoenix attacked Xiao Yan and his companions, but Qi You used the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s forbidden technique to repel her first strike before collapsing. As Phoenix launched a stronger attack, a Nine Nether Underworld Python expert intervened, and a young girl arrived with six powerful attendants and asked whether they were the Son of the Dragon Phoenix’s subordinates.

• Phoenix summoned a fire phoenix and sent it toward Xiao Yan and his companions.
• Qi You activated Extreme Sublimation and used an ancient dragon phantom to shatter Phoenix’s attack, then lost his enhanced strength.
• Phoenix prepared a stronger second attack while Qi You, Xiao Yan, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Zi Yan faced imminent danger.
• A Nine Nether Underworld Python expert appeared and destroyed Phoenix’s fire phoenix with a single palm strike.
• A young girl arrived with one Dou Saint and five Half-Saint attendants and asked whether the group served the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.

Qing Lin arrived in time to save Xiao Yan and the others, using her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to fight the Phoenix Emperor’s followers. Phoenix and the Sky Demon Phoenixes escaped into the Ancient Ruins with Feng Qing'er, leaving Qing Lin and the others behind.

• Xiao Yan recognized Qing Lin, who had appeared and stopped Phoenix’s attack with her control over Yao Ming.
• Qing Lin rejected Phoenix’s offer to join the Phoenix Emperor and ordered Yao Ming to kill her for humanity’s sake.
• Phoenix fought Yao Ming while Kun Huang and Eagle Phoenix attacked Qing Lin, but Qing Lin and the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan forced them back.
• Phoenix drove Yao Ming away, grabbed Feng Qing'er, and fled toward the Ancient Ruins with Kun Huang and Eagle Phoenix.
• Qing Lin and the Great Elder tried to intercept them, but Phoenix, Kun Huang, Eagle Phoenix, and Feng Qing'er entered the Ancient Ruins.

Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Qi You entered the Ancient Ruins to pursue the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and prevent the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes from obtaining it. Gu Shan tried to report their presence to the Gu Clan, but Su Yun stopped him by killing him.

• Xiao Yan revealed his identity to Qing Lin and learned that she had come to help stop the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Qi You to let the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes search ahead while they guarded the passage and waited for them.
• Qing Lin asked about Brother Xiao, and Xiao Yan assured her that their ancestor was fighting the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Qi You entered the Ancient Ruins to assess the situation inside.
• Gu Shan arrived at the ruins and tried to use his Soul Guiding Jade to report Feng Qing'er and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes to the Gu Clan.
• Su Yun ambushed Gu Shan and killed him before he could send the message.