Recaps

As Lin Feng attempted to refine an Eighth-grade Pill for the third time, the Small Pill Tower elders wagered over how many colors it would reach. Lin Feng used Dragon Emperor's Essence Blood to raise the pill to four colors, and Old Monster Lin predicted that he could reach the ninth grade within two hundred years.

• Old Monster Hou wagered with Old Ghost Li and the other elders that Lin Feng would refine an Eighth-grade Four-Colored Pill, after Xuan Kong Zi privately assured him Lin Feng had a secret method.
• Old Monster Lin arrived and offered Lin Feng an Eighth-grade Nine-color Pill to study if he refined an Eighth-grade Five-Colored Pill.
• The elders saw green, silver, and red pill clouds form, and Old Monster Lin initially expected the pill to stop at three colors.
• Lin Feng drew out Dragon Emperor's Essence Blood and merged it into the pill, causing the red cloud to swell and a golden fourth color to appear.
• Old Monster Lin predicted Lin Feng could reach the ninth grade within two hundred years, astonishing the gathered elders.

Lin Feng used the Five Elements Annihilation Array, Spirit Nurturing Powder, and his own essence blood to refine a six-color pill, astonishing the Pill Tower elders. After absorbing the pill lightning, he caught the pill as it tried to escape and presented it to Xuan Kong Zi and the others.

• Lin Feng activated the Five Elements Annihilation Array and used Yao Chen’s Method of Spirit Ascension to strengthen the pill’s spirituality.
• Lin Feng sacrificed a drop of essence blood, causing the pill lightning to reach five colors, then added Spirit Nurturing Powder and continued refining.
• Lin Feng summoned the Five Elements Sacred Beasts into the medicine cauldron, and six-colored pill lightning appeared as the elders celebrated his achievement.
• Lin Feng entered the six-colored pill lightning and absorbed it, strengthening his body before the clouds cleared.
• Lin Feng caught the escaping divine dragon pill with a spatial rift and brought it to Xuan Kong Zi and the other elders.

After earning recognition and three powerful pills from the Pill Tower’s elders, Lin Feng learned that the Soul Hall planned to capture Xian Er through Ice River Valley. He summoned Elder Zhu Li to discuss striking the Soul Hall, hoping to seize Ice River’s cultivation technique and gather Soul Origins.

• Lin Feng refined an Eighth-Grade Six-Colored Pill, impressing Old Monster Lin, who gave him a Half-step Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, while Old Monster Hou and Xuan Kong Zi each gave him a Nine-color Pill.
• Protector Tie told Lin Feng that Venerable Mo Yu had placed Ice River under Soul Hall restrictions and taken control of Ice River Valley after Ice River offered its surrender in exchange for help capturing Xian Er.
• Lin Feng considered attacking the Soul Hall but decided instead to summon Elder Zhu Li, hoping to enlist the Ancient Dragon Clan against three Soul Hall branch halls and obtain their Soul Origins.
• Protector Tie identified a branch hall guarded by Venerable Star Picker in the Dying Soul Mountain Range, while Lin Feng focused on capturing Ice River to obtain his secret technique for Xian Er.
• Elder Zhu Li arrived and described how Zi Yan’s return and the signals she sent to Ancient Dragon seniors could help reunite the divided Dragon Islands.

Lin Feng secured Zhu Li’s help against three Soul Hall branches and strengthened Protector Tie so he could infiltrate Soul Hall and obtain their locations. Meanwhile, Xuan Yi restored Yao Chen enough for him to reappear, and Qing Lin traveled toward Middle Continent as Protector Tie set out for Sacred Pill City with the information he had gathered.

• Lin Feng persuaded Zhu Li to send an elite squad to eliminate a Soul Hall branch and revealed that his plan required Protector Tie’s help locating three branches.
• Lin Feng used a Five Elements Pill and formation to raise Protector Tie to Seven-star Dou Zong, then promised further advancement in exchange for his cooperation.
• Xiao Yan asked Xuan Yi how to restore Yao Chen, and she explained that the Soul Infant Fruit or Exquisite Heavenly Ganoderma could replenish his Soul Force.
• Xuan Yi transformed an Ice Lotus into a pill and guided its medicinal power into the Bone Nether Ring, allowing Yao Chen to appear and reunite with Xiao Yan and old friends in Sacred Pill City.
• Qing Lin traveled toward Middle Continent, longing to meet Lin Feng, while Protector Tie obtained information about a third Soul Hall branch and left for Sacred Pill City three days later.

Zi Yan and Zhu Li joined Lin Feng to coordinate an attack on three Soul Hall branch halls, while the Ancient Dragon Clan kept its return secret. The operation began with Hei Qing and Qi You sealing off their targets, and Zhu Li sealed Mo Yu’s Human Hall before Lin Feng called for the Black Wind Twin Fiends to attack.

• Zhu Li told Zi Yan and the Dragon Clan elders that Lin Feng wanted the clan to destroy three Soul Hall branch halls targeting Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body source.
• Qing Shan assigned Zhu Li, Hei Qing, and Qi You to lead Dragon Guards against the branches and arranged for Zhu Li to protect Zi Yan at the Pill Tower.
• Zi Yan traveled with Zhu Li to meet Lin Feng and Xuan Kong Zi, then joined Lin Feng’s planned attack on the Soul Hall.
• Hei Qing and Qi You sealed off their respective Soul Hall branch halls and sent Dragon Guards to attack them.
• Zhu Li used the Taixu Sky Imprisonment Technique to isolate Mo Yu’s Human Hall from the outside world.
• Lin Feng called on the Black Wind Twin Fiends to attack Mo Yu’s branch hall.

Lin Feng and Zhu Li’s group seized the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, forcing Ninth Heaven Venerate Mo Yu to surrender and reveal the branch’s Soul Origin store. Lin Feng prepared to collect the Soul Origin and took control of the hall’s members, while Mo Yu agreed to serve him.

• Zhu Li’s Dragon Guards broke the sealed space around the Human Hall, and Lin Feng’s group entered as Protector Li was burned to ashes.
• Ninth Heaven Venerate Mo Yu tried to send a message, but Zhu Li blocked him; Mo Yu then ordered the Soul Hall members to kneel and offered to surrender.
• Lin Feng revealed that he was an Eighth-Grade Six-Colored Alchemist and peak Four-star Dou Zun, prompting Mo Yu to offer the locations of Soul Hall branches in exchange for his life.
• Zhu Li used the Dragon Imprisonment Technique to control Mo Yu, while Lin Feng sealed the minds of the other Protectors and Venerates.
• Mo Yu led Lin Feng into the hall where the Soul Hall extracted Soul Origins from chained Soul Bodies, and Lin Feng ordered that the captives be released after the Soul Origin was taken.

Hun Miesheng’s Soul Hall struggled to identify the attackers who had destroyed three branch halls, while factions across Middle Continent reacted to the attack. Tang Zhen sought an alchemist to save his dying daughter, but the required reward was the Blazing Flame Valley’s inherited secret technique, Heavenly Flames Three Xuan Transformations.

• Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Hall’s Heavenly Venerables to recover the stolen Soul Origins and threatened them with becoming tribute if they failed.
• The Soul Hall’s vice hall master ruled out the Pill Tower and suspected powerful clans or beings from the Beast Domain were behind the attacks.
• Xuan Kong Zi and Qiu Ling celebrated the attack and warned the Pill Tower to protect its younger members from the Soul Hall’s retaliation.
• Hua Jin proposed allying the Flower Sect with the Tian Ming Sect, but Mei Lan Ju and the other elders opposed her; the Tian Ming Sect’s ancestor later agreed to help Demon Flower Evil Lord force the alliance.
• Tang Zhen revealed that Huo’er had one year to live after fusing with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and the Second Elder agreed to offer the Blazing Flame Valley’s inherited secret technique to secure an alchemist’s help.

As Soul Hall’s attack unsettled factions across the continent, Lin Feng refined a cluster of Soul Origin while Qing Lin reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and the others. With the Pill Conference approaching, alchemists gathered in Sacred Pill City, Old Man Mu Gu plotted to win, and Lin Feng toured the city with the women.

• Tian Shuang Zi sealed Ice River Valley and left for the Far Northern Lands to search for its Half-Saint ancestors.
• Gu Zhen ordered the Black Seal Army to prepare for a purge and announced that clan commandants and the young lady would soon arrive at Demon Suppression Abyss.
• Lin Feng purified and absorbed one cluster of Soul Origin, strengthening his soul, while storing the other two clusters in his sea of consciousness.
• Qing Lin arrived at Xiao Yi Xian’s courtyard, and the two reunited before Xiao Yi Xian introduced her to the others.
• Alchemists arrived in Sacred Pill City for Pill Tower’s upcoming Alchemist Competition as Old Man Mu Gu vowed to claim the championship and Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Lin Feng strolled through Sacred Pill City with Qing Lin, Cai Lin, and the other women as the Pill Conference drew near.

Lin Feng bought Cai Lin the Seven-Colored Origin Stone, then learned Xiao Yan needed rare treasures to restore Yao Chen’s Soul Origin and promised to investigate. He revealed possible news of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to Zhu Li and Hei Qing, leaving the search for the fruit and the Alchemist Grand Meeting ahead.

• Cai Lin recognized a stall stone as the Seven-Colored Origin Stone, and Lin Feng bought it for her before giving Qing Lin and the others rare treasures.
• Lin Feng discovered Xiao Yan had reached Eight-star Dou Zong and confirmed to Yao Chen that his own Soul Force had reached Spirit Realm Perfection.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Feng that Yao Chen’s Soul Origin was nearly exhausted and that a Soul Infant Fruit and Spiritual Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma were needed to restore it.
• Lin Feng said he would investigate the herbs and told Xiao Yan to focus on the upcoming Alchemist Grand Meeting, where Lin Feng would not hold back.
• Lin Feng told Zhu Li and Hei Qing about possible news of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and gave Zhu Li a map so he could investigate its location.

Lin Feng entered the All-Continent Alchemist Grand Meeting and quickly cleared its first trial. While the contestants gathered for the next round, he discovered Old Man Mu Gu and Soul Hall’s hidden forces and warned Grand Elder Qiu Ling that they might have a Half-Saint supporting their plan to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Lin Feng spent the weeks before the competition studying cultivation methods and enjoying time with Cai Lin, Xian Er, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin.
• Xuan Kong Zi opened the All-Continent Alchemist Grand Meeting and announced its three stages, beginning with the Soul Illusion trial.
• Lin Feng and Xiao Yan entered the trial, and Lin Feng crossed the Illusionary Space first before resting at the exit.
• Old Man Qing Hua and other contestants emerged as the first trial continued, while Lin Feng watched the arrivals with his Soul Force.
• Lin Feng detected Old Man Mu Gu and fifteen Heavenly-tier Protectors from Soul Hall, then privately warned Grand Elder Qiu Ling that Soul Hall might bring a Half-Saint to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Grand Elder Qiu Ling agreed that the Small Pill Tower should prepare without alerting the hidden Soul Hall members.

Lin Feng led the Pill Tower disciples into the Pill Realm and used his Five Elements Sacred Beasts to forbid killings, protecting the alchemists while they collected their assigned Spiritual Herbs. He then left to find Xiong Zhan, the Pill Realm’s king, and offered to take him outside in exchange for his Spiritual Herbs.

• Grand Elder Qiu Ling ended the first round, warned the alchemists about the dangers of the Pill Realm, and let those who wished to withdraw leave.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Song Qing, and other Pill Tower disciples followed Lin Feng into the Pill Realm, where Lin Feng promised their safety if they obeyed him.
• Lin Feng summoned the Five Elements Sacred Beasts and ordered them to forbid killings throughout the Pill Realm, threatening to slay anyone who defied him.
• Xiong Zhan ordered the Magical Beasts not to kill the alchemists, while Old Man Mu Gu abandoned Soul Hall’s plan to hunt them and vowed to challenge Lin Feng in the alchemy contest.
• After Lin Feng left, Cao Ying and Dan Chen led their companions away to gather Spiritual Herbs, while Song Qing’s attempts to form a group were rejected.
• Lin Feng reached Xiong Zhan’s cave and offered to take him outside if he handed over all his Spiritual Herbs.

Lin Feng gathered rare spiritual treasures in the Pill Realm, where Xiao Yan reunited with him and advanced his soul to the Spirit Realm. After the second-round contestants returned to Sacred Pill City, Xuan Kong Zi officially began the Pill Assembly’s third round.

• Lin Feng sent Xiong Zhan to collect specified Spiritual Herbs in exchange for a chance to return to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, then searched the Bear King's cave for treasures.
• Xiong Zhan confronted Xiao Yan over the Heavenly Spirit Jade Vine, but stopped when Xiao Yan showed him Lin Feng's portrait and explained that Lin Feng was his senior brother.
• Lin Feng gave Xiao Yan Heavenly Hemp Jadeite Essence in exchange for the leftover Earth Core Soul Marrow, and Xiao Yan used it to prepare for his soul advancement.
• Xiao Yan emerged from secluded cultivation with a newly reached Spirit Realm Soul, while Lin Feng promised to help Xiong Zhan leave the Pill Realm after the Grand Meeting.
• Xuan Kong Zi announced the start of the third-round assessment, and more than a thousand alchemists flew toward their Stone Platforms.

The Pill Tower Gathering began with Old Man Mu Gu revealing a Split Fire of the Nihility Devouring Flame, followed by Xiao Yan and Lin Feng displaying their own Heavenly Flames. Lin Feng astonished the competitors by refining with a vast river of Spiritual Herbs, and after several days the first pills emerged as the contest’s final stage began.

• Over a thousand alchemists began preparing their cauldrons, and Old Man Mu Gu revealed a black flame that made the other fires submit.
• Xiao Yan displayed his fused multicolored flame, while Xuan Kong Zi and the others recognized him as Yao Chen’s disciple and noted his Spiritual Realm soul force.
• Lin Feng revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and used his Five Elements Dou Qi to make it suppress the stronger Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Feng summoned nearly a thousand Spiritual Herbs and threw the entire river into his cauldron, shocking Mu Gu and the other alchemists before beginning his refinement.
• After several days, Fifth-grade and Sixth-grade Alchemists finished their pills and left the field, and the growing medicinal fragrance signaled that the final contest had begun.

The third round of the Alchemist Grand Meeting stretched on as alchemists refined increasingly powerful pills, and Cao Ying and Dan Chen emerged as leading contenders. Dan Chen produced an Eighth-grade Two-Colored Pill, then Cao Ying refined an Eighth-grade Three-Colored Pill, leaving the spectators wondering whether she would win the championship.

• Alchemists endured failures and pill lightning as the third round continued for nearly twenty days, with a white-haired elder among the first to produce a Seventh-grade Pill.
• A High-grade Seventh-Rank Pill appeared, and spectators noticed Song Qing’s gloom as Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Lin Feng continued refining their pills.
• Grand Elder Qiu Ling judged Song Qing’s alchemy to be behind Cao Ying and Dan Chen, while the competitors who had refined Seventh-grade Pills submitted them to the judges.
• Dan Chen’s cauldron exploded as she produced an Eighth-grade Two-Colored Pill, astonishing the spectators and raising concern about whether she could withstand its pill lightning.
• Cao Ying rose to refine an Eighth-grade Pill whose lightning revealed a faint third color, prompting spectators to wonder whether she would become champion.

Lin Feng won the Pill Assembly by refining an Eighth-grade Nine-color Pill and overcoming its terrifying lightning, while Old Man Mu Gu escaped after his Soul Hall identity was exposed. Ten days later, the contestants entered Starfire Space to seek Heavenly Flames, and a hidden Soul Hall figure threatened Lin Feng as an elder in the Small Pill Tower sensed the danger.

• Xiao Yan refined a pill stronger than Cao Ying’s, Qing Hua produced another Eighth-grade Three-Colored Pill, and Old Man Mu Gu revealed his Soul Hall allegiance and a Four-colored Pill.
• Lin Feng refined an Eighth-grade Nine-color Pill and used the Five Elements Great Formation and Sacred Beasts to subdue its lightning, winning the Pill Assembly championship.
• Old Man Mu Gu fled during the celebration, while Zhu Li reported a failing Dou Saint relic in the Beast Domain and Lin Feng’s companions began secluded cultivation ahead of its emergence.
• Ten days later, Xuan Kong Zi led the top contestants, including Lin Feng and Mu Gu, through a spatial tunnel into Starfire Space to seek Heavenly Flames.
• A hidden Soul Hall figure urged Lin Feng to join them, while a pair of aged eyes opened within the Small Pill Tower at the mention of Soul Hall.

Lin Feng led the Pill Tower contestants to the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame and decided to claim it, believing his soul power and Dragon Emperor’s Essence Blood would let him succeed. He entered the flame as his Soul Body, while the flame’s origin appeared as a miniature Ancient Void Dragon.

• Lin Feng recognized Mo Yu among the contestants as another Soul Hall member and shielded the group from the heat with a barrier.
• Qiu Ling warned Mu Gu against interfering and explained that the contestants could attempt to subdue the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame one at a time using only Soul Force.
• Qiu Ling asked Lin Feng to try first, and Lin Feng weighed the risks of claiming the flame and the possibility of letting it evolve the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Feng resolved to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame and considered taking Mu Gu’s Split Fire of Nihility Devouring Flame as a replacement for Xiao Yan.
• Lin Feng pressed his hand to the dragon’s exposed brow and sent his Soul Body into the flame, where its origin revealed itself as a miniature purple-black Ancient Void Dragon.

Lin Feng concealed that he had subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame and let Mu Gu attempt to claim it, but Mu Gu’s Nihility Devouring Flame fragment turned on the dragon and forced Lin Feng to intervene. Lin Feng trapped both Heavenly Flames in his Five Elements Annihilation Array and used Dragon Emperor’s Essence Blood to suppress them as the Green Lotus Core Flame attacked.

• Lin Feng secretly subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame, then told Grand Elder Qiu Ling that his attempt had failed.
• Mu Gu entered Three Thousand Burning Flame and used a Flame Fragment from the Soul Hall’s Hall Master to attack it before escaping and leaving the raging Heavenly Flame behind.
• Lin Feng stopped Grand Elder Qiu Ling from pursuing Mu Gu and stayed behind as Qiu Ling evacuated the others and went to contact Xuan Kong Zi.
• Nihility Devouring Flame began consuming Three Thousand Burning Flame, which pleaded with Lin Feng for help while the fragment showed greed for his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Feng unleashed his Dou Qi, trapped both flames in the Five Elements Annihilation Array, and used Dragon Emperor’s Essence Blood to suppress them.
• Lin Feng strengthened the Green Lotus Core Flame, which formed a giant green lotus and struck at the two suppressed flames.

The Soul Hall attacked Sacred Pill City, but Zi Yan sent Grand Elder Qing Shan to rescue the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and capture Gu You and the Third Heavenly Venerable. Hun Miesheng arrived and threatened the Pill Tower until a cowherd on a blue ox appeared, revealing six-star Dou Sheng power.

• Xuan Kong Zi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi fought Gu You and the Third Heavenly Venerable while the Small Pill Origin Array protected Sacred Pill City.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable detained Old Monster Lin, while Zi Yan asked Grand Elder Qing Shan to intervene and conceal his identity as a Pill Tower elder.
• Grand Elder Qing Shan captured Gu You and the Third Heavenly Venerable, and Xuan Kong Zi thanked him for saving them.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable summoned Hun Miesheng, who arrived and freed Gu You and the Third Heavenly Venerable.
• Hun Miesheng demanded that the Pill Tower’s hidden ancestor appear, and a cowherd riding a blue ox emerged with the aura of a Six-star Dou Sheng.

Ancestor Xuan Dan drove Hun Miesheng from Sacred Pill City and promised to help the Pill Tower prepare for the coming Demonic Flame. In the Star Domain, Lin Feng made the Three Thousand Burning Flame surrender half its Origin Flame and stored its weakened spirit, then sent a separated flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame to Xiao Yan with a request for future help.

• Ancestor Xuan Dan struck Hun Miesheng with Xuan Dan Palm, forcing him to use Myriad Souls Pay Homage while Gu You and the Great Heavenly Venerable escaped through a spatial passage.
• Grand Elder Qing Shan and Ancestor Xuan Dan agreed that Lin Feng could keep the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Ancestor Xuan Dan returned to Sacred Pill City to guide the Pill Tower's cultivation.
• Lin Feng offered to spare the Three Thousand Burning Flame's consciousness if it surrendered its Star Origin and half its Origin Flame.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame accepted Lin Feng's conditions and separated its weakened spirit from its enormous dragon body.
• Lin Feng stored the weakened spirit in his sea of consciousness and sent the separated flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame to Xuan Kong Zi and Aunt Xuan for delivery to Xiao Yan, asking that Xiao Yan help him with something in the future.

During Lin Feng’s prolonged cultivation in the Star Domain, the continent settled into an uneasy calm after the battle between Ancestor Xuan Dan and Hun Miesheng. Half a year passed as Cai Lin advanced and the Pill Tower focused its hopes on Lin Feng reaching the Ninth-grade Alchemist realm, while his cultivation remained unfinished.

• Lin Feng sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame in his sea of consciousness, then refined nine-colored Pill Lightning and Soul Origin while attempting to advance his Soul Force to the Heaven Realm.
• Grand Elder Qing Shan brought Zi Yan and the others to check on Lin Feng, then reinforced his barrier before they entered Secluded Cultivation themselves.
• The Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, led by Huang Tian, remained on alert, while the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s Yao Xiaotian and its Grand Elder indulged in pleasure instead of cultivating.
• After recovering from Ancestor Xuan Dan’s strike, Hun Miesheng made no move, while the ancient clans sent younger members to train and Gu Yuan watched the Soul Clan warily.
• Cai Lin produced a seven-colored pillar of light in Sacred Pill City, while new alchemists joined the Pill Tower and Cao Ying and Dan Chen entered the Small Pill Tower to study.
• As half a year passed, the Pill Tower’s elders hoped Lin Feng would eventually become a Ninth-grade Alchemy Grandmaster, but he had yet to emerge from cultivation.

Lin Feng emerged from secluded cultivation with a Heaven Realm soul and greater strength, then joined Zi Yan’s group at the ancient ruin in the Beast Domain. As the Sky Demon Phoenixes watched, Grand Elder Qing Shan prepared to open the ruin early and seal its entrance for their group.

• Zi Yan waited five days for Lin Feng to emerge before agreeing to travel to the Beast Domain with her companions.
• Lin Feng refined Soul Origin and reached the Heaven Realm, while his cultivation advanced to peak One-turn Dou Zun and the Green Lotus Core Flame grew stronger.
• Lin Feng left the Star Domain and rejoined the others after they had reached the ancient ruin’s entrance.
• Grand Elder Qing Shan identified the gathered Sky Demon Phoenixes, while Hei Qing offered to capture them for Zi Yan.
• Grand Elder Qing Shan announced that he would open the ruin early and seal the entrance so only their group could enter for the next ten days.

Grand Elder Qing Mu opened the Dou Saint ruins and brought Zi Yan, Lin Feng, Xiao Yan, and their companions inside, while the dangerous entrance killed beasts that tried to follow. Feng Qing'er learned that an Ancient Void Dragon Dou Saint had appeared, warned the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, and left the clan’s leader looking toward the ruins.

• Grand Elder Qing Mu tore open the hidden pocket world, and Zi Yan, Lin Feng, Xiao Yan, and the others entered while greedy Magical Beasts were killed by the rift’s defenses.
• The Tiger King deduced that a Half-Saint or Dou Saint had opened the ruins, and Feng Qing'er offered the other Beast Kings entry in exchange for submission and half their treasures.
• The Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerable forced open a passage for his followers and said the damaged ruins would otherwise open within five days.
• Feng Qing'er recognized her instinctive fear as a reaction to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and sent a warning to her clan about the Dragon Dou Saint.
• As Beast Kings debated whether to join the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan or leave, a message reached a dignified middle-aged man, who looked toward the Beast Domain and muttered, “Ancient Void Dragon?”

Huang Tian and the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan learned of the Dou Sheng ruins and moved to claim what they could, while Zhu Yan returned to East Dragon Island and discovered that Zi Yan had reappeared and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit had been found. Inside the ruins, Lin Feng’s group sensed the fruit’s location, then split from Xiao Yan as the entrance neared collapse.

• Huang Tian concluded that the Taixu Ancient Dragon’s appearance signaled a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and led the Sky Demon Phoenixes through a Space Wormhole toward the ruins.
• Yao Xiaotian sent the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s Grand Elder to the ruins to claim what remained after the Taixu Ancient Dragons took their share.
• Qing Mu welcomed Zhu Yan back to East Dragon Island and told him that Zi Yan had returned and that her consort had found traces of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Yan learned that traitors had caused East Dragon Island’s decline and hurried with Qing Mu toward the ruins, where the Sky Demon Phoenixes might also arrive.
• Lin Feng collected puppets from the ruins and led his group toward the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit after Zi Yan and Qing Shan sensed its location.
• Lin Feng and Xiao Yan split up to search for different treasures, and Lin Feng gave Xiao Yan a jade slip to summon help if he faced danger.

Lin Feng, Zi Yan, and Grand Elder Qing Shan found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the ancient ruins, and it entered Zi Yan’s body after the ancient dragon and phoenix spirits clashed. Four Sky Demon Phoenix Dou Saints arrived to claim it, while Huang Tian confronted Qing Shan over the clans’ bloody history and the fate of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit remained uncertain.

• Lin Feng’s group followed Zi Yan and Grand Elder Qing Shan’s bloodline guidance through the ruins and uncovered a hidden Beast Spirit Barrier.
• Zi Yan opened the barrier with her blood, revealing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing between the skeletons of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Sky Phoenix.
• Zi Yan reached for the fruit, and the two ancient spirits clashed before the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit flew into her body.
• Four Sky Demon Phoenix Dou Saints appeared, and Grand Elder Qing Shan prepared to sacrifice himself to help Zi Yan escape with the fruit.
• Huang Tian recognized Qing Shan and recalled how the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan had slaughtered the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan’s experts, including Huang Tian’s father.
• Zi Yan told Qing Shan that her father had left her protection, while Lin Feng realized his current strength could not withstand a powerful Dou Saint.

Zhu Yan rescued Zi Yan, Lin Feng, and the others from Huang Tian, who fled after discovering Zhu Yan’s strength. After learning that the Dragon Emperor was trapped in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, Lin Feng outlined three possible ways to free him, and the group prepared to pursue them.

• Huang Tian attacked Qing Shan and ordered Phoenix and the other Sky Demon Phoenixes to seize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but Zhu Yan arrived and pulled Zi Yan, Lin Feng, and the others to safety.
• Zhu Yan revealed his power to be at the peak of the Five-star Dou Saint realm, prompting Huang Tian to flee with Phoenix and the other two Sky Demon Phoenixes.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Yan that the Dragon Emperor was trapped in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and Lin Feng offered three possible methods of opening it.
• Lin Feng explained that the first method required gathering the eight Emperor Jades, which the Soul Clan might collect while pursuing the Dou Emperor inheritance.
• Lin Feng identified Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix body as the second method and the Bodhi Ancient Tree as the third, then Zhu Yan pledged the Ancient Dragon Clan’s support.