Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions searched the Ancient Ruins for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while following the trail of the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. After Qing Lin found an Eighth-grade Pill Beast that helped Qi You recover, a tremendous blast deeper in the ruins suggested the Phoenixes had reached their target, and the group rushed onward.

• Xiao Yan and his companions entered a vast ruin hall and found the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes had smashed its purple puppet guardians.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan and Qi You to locate the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but neither could sense its position, so he asked Qing Lin to search the hall with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin discovered a Pill Beast in the pill chamber, and Qi You swallowed it to recover some of his Dou Qi.
• A powerful explosion shook the hall, and Qi You warned that the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes might have found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan and the others hurried deeper into the Ancient Ruins.

Xiao Yan's group discovered the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit beneath the intertwined remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Sky Phoenix, where the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and Feng Qing'er had arrived first. The Phoenixes attacked when Xiao Yan's group refused to surrender the fruit, and the two sides prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yan's group found the golden bones of the human Dou Saint and entered a hidden passage that the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes had used.
• The passage opened into a forest beneath a dome of intertwined dragon and phoenix bones, revealing the place where the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit had been nurtured.
• Qing Lin sensed the Phoenixes near an altar, where Xiao Yan's group found Phoenix, the other two Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, and Feng Qing'er surrounding the fruit.
• Phoenix demanded that Xiao Yan's group leave and claimed the fruit for the Phoenix Emperor, then attacked Zi Yan with a fire spear that Qing Lin and Yao Ming blocked.
• Qi You demanded the fruit, and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes responded by launching fire, wind, and lightning attacks at Xiao Yan's group.

Xiao Yan and his allies battled the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes as the Ancient Ruins collapsed, then Feng Qing'er ambushed Xiao Yan and tried to kill Qing Lin. Xiao Yan protected Qing Lin, raised his strength to Nine-star Dou Zun, and launched a powerful attack at Feng Qing'er, who countered with a Demonic Phoenix Bell.

• Xiao Yan lent the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s source flame seed to Qi You, strengthening him as the Dou Saint battle erupted and the Ancient Ruins began to collapse.
• Xiao Yan rescued Zi Yan from falling rubble and escaped the ruins with her while the Dou Saints continued fighting overhead.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Xiao Yan, then redirected her killing strike toward Qing Lin, but Xiao Yan blocked it with the Human Emperor Banner and summoned Soul Bodies to protect Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations to reach Nine-star Dou Zun and struck Feng Qing'er with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Feng Qing'er gathered her demonic phoenix energy into a Demonic Phoenix Bell and braced it against Xiao Yan’s attack.

Xiao Yan defeated Feng Qing'er while Qing Lin's formation and Qi You's sacrifice helped turn the Dou Saint battle against the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. The allies won, but as Zi Yan prepared to retrieve the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, a mysterious purple-robed figure emerged from the shadows.

• Xiao Yan used the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Technique to defeat Feng Qing'er and held the Black Heavy Ruler to her throat.
• Qing Lin arranged forty-nine Jade Bottles of Nine Nether Underworld Python Essence Blood while Qi You protected her from the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.
• Qi You self-destructed to injure the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and buy time for Qing Lin's formation to succeed.
• Qing Lin's formation empowered the Nine-headed Sky Snake to Three-Star Dou Saint strength, and it knocked the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes unconscious.
• Xiao Yan urged Zi Yan to retrieve the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while he and Qing Lin collapsed from exhaustion.
• A mysterious purple-robed figure emerged from the shadows as the allies began to celebrate their victory.

Zi Yan retrieved the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but Xiao Yan discovered a delayed warning that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix was coming after them. The Son arrived before the group could escape and attacked Zi Yan.

• Zi Yan used her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline to remove the barrier and retrieve the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit from the ruins.
• Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan urged them to alert the Old Ancestor and leave before other experts arrived.
• Xiao Yan found an unread Soul Guiding Jade message from the Old Ancestor warning that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had trapped him and was pursuing them.
• Xiao Yan warned the others to run, but the Son of the Dragon Phoenix appeared and launched an attack at Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan hurled his Black Heavy Ruler at the Son, who flicked it aside, while Yao Ming attacked with Yellow Springs Finger and failed to penetrate his purple barrier.

Su Yun seized Zi Yan and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then materialized as the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and gained the Ancient Sky Phoenix bloodline and High-level Half-Saint cultivation. Xiao Yan tried to trade Feng Qing'er for Zi Yan, but Su Yun threatened to kill Zi Yan until Xiao Yan surrendered.

• Su Yun grabbed Zi Yan by the throat and took the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while Xiao Yan and Qing Lin demanded to know who he was.
• Zi Yan recognized Su Yun as the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, triggering his identity to materialize and earning him Truth Points.
• Su Yun gained the Ancient Sky Phoenix bloodline, a discarded Dragon Phoenix bloodline, and High-level Half-Saint cultivation.
• Xiao Yan held a Heavenly Flame blade to Feng Qing'er's throat and demanded that Su Yun release Zi Yan.
• Su Yun tightened his grip on Zi Yan instead, and Xiao Yan lowered his weapon and conceded.

Su Yun escaped the ruined battlefield with Feng Qing'er and the injured Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes after unleashing a devastating attack, while Xiao Yan and his companions fled through a space rift. In the Beast Domain, Su Yun healed the phoenixes and revealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, noticing Eagle Phoenix’s concealed greed.

• Su Yun noticed approaching Dou Saints, hurled the unconscious Zi Yan toward Xiao Yan, and escaped with Feng Qing'er and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes after launching a destructive purple sphere.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Yao Ming, the Great Elder, and Heavenly Fire Venerable fled through a temporary Space Rift before the sphere erased the ruins.
• Several Saint-level figures arrived too late and found the battlefield devastated and devoid of life.
• In an unnamed mountain range, Su Yun gave his Essence Blood to heal the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, while Feng Qing'er watched the blood pass her by.
• Su Yun revealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, prompting Phoenix and Kun Huang to kneel and praise him, while Eagle Phoenix suppressed his greed and offered stiff congratulations.

Su Yun secured the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and planned to refine it after developing a reliable method in the Heavenly Tomb. He also began preparing to strike the Six Ancient Clans before his eventual campaign to destroy them.

• Su Yun intimidated Eagle Phoenix into admitting his mistake, ordered him to spy on the human race and Six Ancient Clans, and left Phoenix and Kun Huang behind.
• Su Yun concluded that Eagle Phoenix was the only traitor among the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and decided he could deal with him later.
• Su Yun checked the inheritance manifestation progress and determined that his Dragon Phoenix inheritance had reached 1%, avoiding the need to spend Truth Points.
• Su Yun calculated that strengthening the Nether Poison Flame enough to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit would take three years, so he chose to use the Heavenly Tomb to accelerate his plans.
• Su Yun resolved to develop a guaranteed-refinement secret art in the Heavenly Tomb and carry out a separate plan to make the Six Ancient Clans pay before his final reckoning.

Su Yun prepared a jade slip imbued with Dou Di aura while planning his revenge against the Gu Clan, then learned that Xiao Yan’s group had lost the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. He falsely claimed the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had vanished beyond detection, leaving Xiao Yan to fear they had no way to recover the fruit.

• Su Yun spent one million Truth Points to manifest a wisp of Dou Di aura on a jade slip for his plans against the Gu Clan.
• Su Yun answered Xiao Yan’s call and asked whether the group had obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan confessed that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had taken the fruit after capturing Zi Yan, despite Qing Lin defeating the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and the group securing it.
• Xiao Yan proposed seeking help from the Alchemist Tower, but Su Yun discouraged him by falsely claiming his tracking technique could no longer locate the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable reminded Xiao Yan that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix would not be swayed by threats against his subordinates, and Xiao Yan wondered whether they had any options left.

Su Yun revealed that he could gain enough power to fight the Son of the Dragon Phoenix only by sacrificing most of his remaining lifespan, and he sent Xiao Yan to warn the Central Plains. After Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin agreed on their separate plans, Su Yun returned to Nether Valley and relaxed with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Su Yun explained that his secret art would rapidly increase his cultivation but reduce his lifespan to less than a hundred years, and he asked Xiao Yan to spread news of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan promised to warn the Central Plains, while Su Yun told him and Qing Lin to grow stronger and remain careful.
• Zi Yan decided to return to East Dragon Island and persuade its elders to ally with humankind.
• Qing Lin planned to travel through the Beast Domain and subdue its snake tribes with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan parted to carry out their plans, intending to unite against the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Su Yun returned to Nether Valley, where Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him and served him tea as he rested.

Su Yun returned to Nether Valley, learned about the Zhongzhou Alliance, and prepared to upgrade his cultivation method. He began converting to the Three Thousand Yin-Yang Sword Canon of Heaven and Earth Convergence while news spread by Xiao Yan stirred Central Plains.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun that Medusa remained in the Northern Region of Central Plains and described the Zhongzhou Alliance’s progress and the Alchemist Tower’s search for Xiao Ji Bai.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King came to see Su Yun, who gave it ten eighth-grade Nine-Colored Beast Blood Great Pills and demanded it reach the Eighth tier within three years.
• Su Yun gave Xiao Yi Xian poisonous herbs and Eighth-tier magic cores, then told her he planned to enter seclusion.
• Su Yun decided his Heaven-tier Low-grade Myriad Transformations Sword Art was inadequate at the Half-Saint realm and began converting to the Heaven-tier High-grade Three Thousand Yin-Yang Sword Canon of Heaven and Earth Convergence.
• As Su Yun secluded himself in Nether Valley, the news Xiao Yan had secretly spread began stirring up Central Plains.

At a Zhongzhou Alliance meeting, Tang Zhen described how the Son of the Dragon Phoenix took the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit after a battle in the Skeleton Mountain Range. He revealed that Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan, leaving the alliance worried that the Six Ancient Clans might pursue him and bring humanity further turmoil.

• Pill Tower's Old Ancestor and Divine Farmer gathered the alliance leaders to discuss the Son of the Dragon Phoenix obtaining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Tang Zhen recounted that Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes attacked the Saint's Ruins, killing Fen Yan Valley's elders before a wielder of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils helped the Taixu Ancient Dragon Dou Saint resist them.
• Tang Zhen said the Taixu Ancient Dragon Dou Saint sacrificed himself and the wielder defeated the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, but the Son of the Dragon Phoenix arrived afterward and took the fruit.
• Tang Zhen revealed that Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan, citing his use of the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and several Heavenly Flames.
• Xuan Kongzi denied knowing Yan Xiao's identity, and Pill Tower's Old Ancestor confirmed he was telling the truth.
• Tang Zhen warned that Dou Saints from the Six Ancient Clans had visited the Skeleton Mountain Range and might make a move against Xiao Yan.

The Seven Ancient Clans gathered to discuss the threat posed by the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and plotted to force Xiao Ji Bai to surrender the Sword Emperor Inheritance. Gu Dao presented Wind Venerable, Mu Qingluan, and surviving members of the Xiao Clan as leverage to draw Xiao Ji Bai out.

• Gu Yuan convened the clan leaders and Hun Xuzi to address the Son of the Dragon Phoenix obtaining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan warned that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix could become a threat to all the clans if his bloodline awakened and he reached the Nine-star Peak Dou Sheng level.
• Gu Yuan proposed that the seven clans search for and capture the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, but Lei Ying and Gu Dao argued against that approach.
• Gu Dao suggested accusing Xiao Ji Bai of neglecting the Sword Emperor's final will and demanding that he hand over the Sword Emperor Inheritance.
• Gu Dao ordered prisoners to be brought into Cangqiong Hall and revealed that they included Wind Venerable, Mu Qingluan, and surviving members of the Xiao Clan.

Gu Dao arranged to use the Xiao Clan descendants and the Gu Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony to lure Xiao Ji Bai and Xiao Yan into surrendering the Sword Emperor Inheritance. The Alchemist Tower decided to seek contact with and protect Xiao Ji Bai, while Xiao Yan stood consumed by anger at the Gu Clan.

• Lei Ying realized the Gu Clan had captured the Xiao Clan descendants and suspected Gu Yuan had known about it.
• Gu Dao asked Hun Xuzi to bring Yao Chen and Xiao Zhan as additional bargaining chips, offering the Soul Clan a share of the inheritance.
• Gu Dao planned to lure Xiao Ji Bai and Xiao Yan to the Gu Clan’s ceremony in half a year, using the Heavenly Tomb and Xiao Xuan’s soul as bait.
• The Alchemist Tower’s elders condemned the Gu Clan’s scheme, and Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor proposed protecting Xiao Ji Bai.
• Xiao Yan stood atop a black boulder, clenching his fists and glaring with killing intent as he cursed the Gu Clan.

After three days of venting his rage, Xiao Yan resolved to attend the Gu Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony alone to rescue his father and teacher, despite Heavenly Fire Venerable's warnings. Six months later, with Su Yun still in seclusion, Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian learned that Nether Valley would stay out of the ceremony while the Alchemist Tower prepared a major operation.

• Xiao Yan swung the Black Heavy Ruler for three days and nights before calming down enough to hear Heavenly Fire Venerable explain the dangers surrounding the Gu Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan rejected Heavenly Fire Venerable's advice to bring his family ancestor and decided to go alone, believing his ancestor must remain undisturbed.
• Xiao Yan resolved to use the six months before the ceremony to release the power Senior Hua Yu had sealed within him and grow stronger.
• Six months later, Medusa returned to Nether Valley and learned from Xiao Yi Xian that Su Yun had remained in seclusion since his last journey.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Medusa that Nether Valley would not join the ceremony's operation and that Chairman Xuan Kongzi had limited the Alchemist Tower's participants to experts at Half-Saint level or above.

Pill Tower's Old Ancestor gathered the Zhongzhou Alliance's Saints and led them toward the Gu Realm to support Xiao Ji Bai. In Ancient Saint City, Sword Venerable explained how the Gu Clan had once broken his confidence and said he only wanted to know whether Xiao Ji Bai still followed his sword path.

• Pill Tower's Old Ancestor asked the assembled Saints to withdraw if they feared opposing the Ancient Emperor Clan, but they all pledged to stand with the Alchemist Tower.
• Pill Tower's Old Ancestor shrank the Alchemist Tower into his palm and led more than thirty Saints toward the Gu Realm.
• Experts gathered in Ancient Saint City to await the Gu Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and the opening of its spatial gate.
• Sword Venerable told Tang Ying that witnessing the Gu Clan's strength fifty years earlier had shaken his Sword Heart, and Xiao Ji Bai later shattered it with a single strike.
• Sword Venerable told Tang Ying he did not blame Xiao Ji Bai and only wanted to see whether he still persevered on his sword path.

Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Saint City as promised, where the Gu Clan and representatives of the other ancient clans had gathered to await him and Xiao Ji Bai. His appearance ended the long wait and set the confrontation in motion.

• Huo Yao and Gu Yang doubted that Xiao Yan and Xiao Ji Bai would come, while Yao Wan Gui threatened to slaughter the remaining Xiao Clan members if they stayed away.
• Xiao Xun'er worried about the danger awaiting Xiao Yan and Xiao Ji Bai, while Gu Yao and Ling Quan voiced their hostility toward them.
• Gu Qingyang rebuked Ling Quan for neglecting his duties, then greeted representatives of the Yan, Lightning, Stone, and Yao Clans as they arrived.
• Gu Qingyang sensed an unsettling, bloodthirsty aura beneath Yao Ling's calm exterior and wondered at its strange nature.
• After waiting until sunset, the gathered clans watched Xiao Yan appear at the city entrance with a Great Ruler and announce that he had arrived as promised.

Xiao Yan arrived alone at the Gu Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, saying Xiao Ji Bai would not come because he was in seclusion. As Xun'er held back from approaching him, Gu Yao confronted Xiao Yan and unleashed his Dou Venerable aura.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan Gui that Xiao Ji Bai had entered seclusion after the battle at the Beast Domain Ancient Ruins and had not been informed of the appointment.
• Yao Wan Gui tried to seize Xiao Yan, but Gu Yang stopped him and argued that the Gu Clan’s ceremony made a public attack inappropriate.
• Xun'er moved toward Xiao Yan, but Gu Qingyang stopped her, warning that acknowledging him would bring him further humiliation.
• Huo Xuan teased Lei Dong about his family’s proposed marriage to Xun'er, and Lei Dong and Yao Ling exchanged bashful glances.
• Gu Yao approached Xiao Yan and released his Dou Venerable aura, crushing the air around him.

Xiao Yan faced Gu Yao in a duel and used the Human Emperor Banner’s Soul Bodies to overwhelm him. The chapter ended with ten Dou Venerable Soul Bodies surrounding Gu Yao as he roared Xiao Yan’s name.

• Gu Yang and Yao Wan Gui discussed Xiao Yan’s growth, while Gu Yao scrutinized him and mentioned Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan saw Xun'er but deliberately turned away, leaving her heartbroken, then challenged Gu Yao’s importance.
• Gu Yao attacked Xiao Yan with an ancient-patterned spear, but Xiao Yan stopped it with two Soul Bodies from his purple-black banner.
• Sword Venerable recognized the banner as Yan Xiao’s treasure and revealed that Yan Xiao was the Pill Conference champion and was wanted by the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan summoned Soul Bodies that wounded and drove back Gu Yao, then released ten Dou Venerable Soul Bodies to surround him.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao with Soul Bodies from the Human Emperor Banner, but Gu Yang intervened and tried to seize the banner. Just as Gu Yang was about to take it, a powerful Saint appeared and denounced him.

• Xiao Yan's Soul Bodies overwhelmed Gu Yao, while Ling Quan watched with resentment and fear.
• Gu Yang descended and restrained the Soul Bodies, stopping the battle and allowing Gu Yao to withdraw.
• Gu Yang secretly failed to control the Soul Bodies, then decided to confiscate Xiao Yan's Human Emperor Banner for himself.
• Gu Yang used his Dou Saint power to pull the banner from Xiao Yan's bleeding hand.
• A terrifying Saint's pressure descended, and an unseen voice condemned Gu Yang for bullying Xiao Yan and seizing his treasure.