Chapter Summaries

Liu Xi and Qing Lin entered the Vast Ancient Region in search of the Ancient Bodhi Tree, crossing a deadly cloud of poisonous insects. They reached the true Vast Ancient Region, and Liu Xi used a Bodhi Seed to sense the general direction of their goal.

• Wan Jie warned Liu Xi that the depths of the Vast Ancient Region were deadly, but Liu Xi left Vast Ancient Town despite his warning.
• Liu Xi invited Qing Lin into the Vast Ancient Region, and she resolutely agreed to accompany him.
• Liu Xi and Qing Lin traveled through the forest until they encountered black fog made up of tiny poisonous insects.
• Liu Xi wrapped himself and Qing Lin in Azure Flame and flew through the poisonous insects, which eventually parted to let them pass.
• Liu Xi reached a ravine overlooking the true Vast Ancient Region and realized he would have to search for the Ancient Region Platform himself.
• Liu Xi sensed the Bodhi Seed and discovered the general direction of the Ancient Bodhi Tree.

Liu Xi and Qing Lin traveled through the Vast Ancient Region toward the Ancient Bodhi Tree, fighting off fierce beasts along the way. When an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python attacked, Liu Xi subdued it and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to bring it under control.

• Liu Xi and Qing Lin crossed a ravine, killed four Eighth-order fierce beasts, and collected their Demon Cores.
• Liu Xi and Qing Lin traveled northwest while concealed, defeating more beasts and gathering dozens of Eighth-order Demon Cores over two days.
• Liu Xi and Qing Lin reached a giant peak shrouded in black mist, where an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python attacked them.
• Liu Xi repelled the python's tail and pinned the beast beneath a giant cyan palm.
• Qing Lin activated her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and controlled the weakened Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.

Liu Xi and Qing Lin found the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s nest and discovered a Heavenly Demon Blood Pool. Qing Lin entered the pool to absorb its energy with the Ancient Tian She’s help while Liu Xi stayed nearby to watch over her.

• Liu Xi healed the subdued Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, and Qing Lin stored it in another space with her Jade Snake Three Flower Pupils.
• Liu Xi followed the energy in the mountain to the python’s nest, where he and Qing Lin found the blood-filled Heavenly Demon Blood Pool.
• Liu Xi told Qing Lin to absorb the pool’s energy and warned her to stop if it became too painful; he stayed nearby to guard her.
• Qing Lin entered the Blood Pool, and the Ancient Tian She drew in and filtered its violent energy before passing it back to her.
• Qing Lin endured the scorching pain and continued absorbing the energy, determined not to become a burden to Liu Xi.

Qing Lin absorbed the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool with the Ancient Tian She’s help and broke through to the Three-turn Dou Zun realm. After briefly struggling with the Ancient Tian She’s murderous aura, she regained control and reunited with Liu Xi.

• Qing Lin used the Ancient Tian She to filter the Blood Pool’s berserk energy and strengthen her body while Liu Xi watched over her.
• After three days, Qing Lin had absorbed the entire Blood Pool and reached the Three-turn Dou Zun realm.
• The Ancient Tian She’s shed husk exploded, releasing a powerful force and a murderous aura from Qing Lin.
• Liu Xi prepared to suppress Qing Lin, but her Jade Snake Three Flower Pupils overcame the Ancient Tian She’s murderous aura.
• Qing Lin told Liu Xi she had reached the Three-turn Dou Zun realm, and he urged her to put on clothes.

Liu Xi and Qing Lin rode the Heavenly Demon Python into the vast feral beast tide blocking the way to the depths of the Vast Ancient Region. They broke through the horde and emerged on the far side, leaving the Ancient Bodhi Tree still ahead.

• Liu Xi spotted the Ancient Region Platform and continued beyond it toward the beast tide without waiting for allies.
• Qing Lin urged the Heavenly Demon Python onward after Liu Xi said they had to cross the tide to reach his goal.
• Liu Xi and the Heavenly Demon Python carved a path through the feral beasts while Qing Lin guarded their rear with power from the Ancient Tian She.
• Liu Xi sensed Dou Zun-level feral beasts and ordered the exhausted Heavenly Demon Python to speed up for a final push.
• Liu Xi and his companions emerged into open ground as the feral beasts remained blocked on the other side.

Liu Xi, Qing Lin, and the Heavenly Demon Python reached the Ancient Bodhi Tree, where Qing Lin sensed a sinister curse beneath its pure aura. Five Half-Saint puppets emerged to guard it, and Liu Xi divided the fight before facing three himself.

• Liu Xi and Qing Lin recovered their Dou Qi as the Heavenly Demon Python carried them toward the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
• Liu Xi explained that the tree was a supreme treasure for becoming a Saint and identified the Bodhi Heart within its trunk as his goal.
• Qing Lin sensed chilling negative emotions hidden in the tree's aura, and Liu Xi warned her to hold fast to her true heart.
• Five Half-Saint puppets emerged from the tree, prompting Liu Xi to send Qing Lin and the Heavenly Demon Python against one, A San against another, and take the remaining three himself.
• Liu Xi transformed with the Heavenly Phoenix Wings and Ancient Dragon Body as he prepared to fight the three Half-Saints.

Liu Xi used the Ancient Dragon Armor and Heavenly Phoenix Wings to defeat three Half-Saint puppets. Qing Lin and the Heavenly Demon Puppet also won their fights, clearing the way for Liu Xi’s group.

• Liu Xi transformed and used his speed and strength to battle three Half-Saint puppets at once.
• Liu Xi smashed one puppet’s head, then used Blazing Heaven Finger to send another crashing toward the ground.
• Liu Xi broke the remaining puppet apart with a kick and destroyed the wounded one with an azure dragon formed from Azure Flame.
• Qing Lin defeated her opponent, while the Heavenly Demon Puppet smashed its own opponent into dust.
• Liu Xi, Qing Lin, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet finished off all five Half-Saint puppets blocking their group.

Liu Xi broke free of the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s illusion and asked it to release Qing Lin in exchange for his help. The tree showed him an image of a Dou Di expert, and Liu Xi’s determination to find a way to become a Dou Di intensified.

• After killing five Half-Saints, Liu Xi recovered and warned Qing Lin to guard her mind as they approached the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
• Liu Xi reached for the Bodhi Heart in an illusion, but soul-deep pain alerted him and he shattered the false world.
• Liu Xi realized that the Ancient Bodhi Tree had trapped both him and Qing Lin in illusions, and he asked the tree to release her.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree showed Liu Xi an image of a black-robed figure whose aura revealed it was a Dou Di expert.
• Liu Xi recalled how scarce Origin Qi had become and resolved to find a path to immortality and becoming a Dou Di.

Liu Xi learned how a Black-robed Dou Di’s lingering resentment had cursed the Ancient Bodhi Tree and agreed to help remove it by refining Bodhi Seeds into Pure Qi. The tree’s resentment began to weaken, and Liu Xi started refining the remaining seeds in bulk.

• Liu Xi watched the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s memory of the Black-robed Dou Di attacking it and being destroyed by the tree and another Dou Di.
• Black currents entered the Ancient Bodhi Tree after the Black-robed Dou Di’s death, leaving his resentment to curse the tree.
• Liu Xi understood that the Ancient Bodhi Tree wanted him to help dissolve the resentment, but warned that he was only a Half-Saint and asked it not to trouble Qing Lin.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree gave Liu Xi more than twenty powerful Bodhi Seeds, and he agreed to refine them into Pure Qi.
• Liu Xi refined one Bodhi Seed with Azure Flame, sending its Pure Qi into the tree and weakening the hidden chill.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree urged Liu Xi to continue, and he used Azure Flame to envelop the remaining seeds for refining.

Liu Xi refined the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s seeds to dispel the Black-robed Dou Di’s lingering resentment, and the tree rewarded him with its Bodhi Heart. The chapter ended as the tree sent Liu Xi’s consciousness into reincarnation.

• Liu Xi refined batches of Bodhi Seeds into Pure Qi, which the Ancient Bodhi Tree absorbed to dissolve the gray aura of resentment.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree replenished Liu Xi’s Dou Qi and repaired flaws in his foundation, while he continued refining seeds until the resentment was completely removed.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree released Qing Lin from her illusion, and she reunited with Liu Xi.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree offered Liu Xi the Bodhi Heart, which merged into his body.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree tapped Liu Xi’s head and pulled his consciousness into reincarnation.

The Ancient Bodhi Tree drew Liu Xi and Qing Lin into its Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, while news of its appearance sent experts across Zhongzhou rushing toward the Vast Ancient Region. At the Ancient Region Platform, Hun Yu proposed that the gathered experts unite to break through the beast tide.

• Qing Lin tried to reach Liu Xi, but the Ancient Bodhi Tree tapped her and placed her consciousness into Liu Xi’s reincarnation.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree drew Liu Xi and Qing Lin inside, beginning Liu Xi’s hundred lifetimes of cultivation and tempering.
• The tree’s release of pure Qi alerted Zhongzhou’s factions and the Ancient Races, and the Space Trading Fair was postponed as experts headed for the Vast Ancient Region.
• After many died to poisonous insects, miasma, and ferocious beasts, the surviving experts gathered at the Ancient Region Platform under figures including Hun Yu, Gu Xun'er, Jiu Feng, and Xiao Yan.
• Hun Yu proposed that the experts temporarily join forces to break through the beast tide and said the Soul Clan would lead the way.

Hun Yu proposed that the gathered factions form an alliance and force their way through the beast tide to reach the Ancient Bodhi Tree. The factions agreed, and Hun Yu led the charge as the human-beast battle began.

• Gu Xun'er asked Xiao Yan whether they should accept Hun Yu's proposal, and Xiao Yan agreed because they needed to cross the beast tide to reach the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Tianming Sect agreed to Hun Yu's proposal, followed by the Ancient Clan and Starfall Pavilion.
• Hun Yu established an alliance with rules against attacking allies or deliberately withholding strength, and the assembled factions joined it.
• Hun Yu ordered the advance and led the Soul Clan into the beast tide, while the other experts formed a wedge and prepared to follow.

Hun Yu led the surviving alliance through the beast tide to the Ancient Bodhi Tree, warning them to approach cautiously. When the group reached the tree, it drew everyone into its Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation illusory realm.

• Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and Liu Cang led the alliance through the beast tide, leaving weaker members to die as they pressed toward the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
• Hun Yu stopped Liu Cang from rushing to the tree and revealed that a Half-Saint from his clan had disappeared there.
• Gu Xun Er led Xiao Yan and the other survivors through the beasts, and several remaining teams joined Hun Yu's group.
• Hun Yu urged the gathered experts to approach the Ancient Bodhi Tree together, while Xiao Yan distrusted his friendly manner.
• The group recovered as they approached the tree, but golden light engulfed them at ten zhang and pulled them into its illusory realm.

Liu Xi completed a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and emerged as a Three-star Dou Sheng, while Qing Lin reached the peak of Ninth-Rank Dou Zun. He arranged for Xiao Yan to receive a Bodhi Seed during his illusion, leaving the other awakened seekers resentful and eyeing him.

• Liu Xi woke from his reincarnation training as a Three-star Dou Sheng after refining the Bodhi Heart and absorbing the Old Dragon Emperor's Blood Crystal.
• Qing Lin told Liu Xi she would follow him forever, and the Ancient Bodhi Tree sent them out of its trunk.
• Liu Xi thanked the Ancient Bodhi Tree and asked it to release the people trapped in its illusion realm, singling out Xiao Yan for a Bodhi Seed.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree sent a Bodhi Seed into Xiao Yan's illusion, restoring his clarity after he had massacred people while acting as a Dou Sheng.
• The illusion realms vanished, and the gathered seekers saw Xiao Yan holding the Pure Qi-emitting Bodhi Seed and began to resent him.

After the Ancient Bodhi Tree expelled the gathered experts from its illusion, Xiao Yan was left holding a Bodhi Seed, drawing the crowd’s greed and accusations. As Hun Yu, Liu Cang, and Jiu Feng pressured him, Gu Xun'er declared that the Ancient Clan would protect him, just as a Space Passage opened.

• Hun Yu pointed out that Xiao Yan had broken through the illusion and suggested that the object in his hand was a Bodhi Seed, stirring the crowd’s greed.
• Xiao Yan tried to redirect everyone toward the Bodhi Heart, but a group of experts rushed for it and the Ancient Bodhi Tree lashed them back with its vines.
• Liu Cang accused Xiao Yan of deliberately inciting the crowd and demanded that he provide or surrender a Bodhi Seed, while Jiu Feng pressed him to reveal how to communicate with the tree.
• Hun Yu, Liu Cang, and Jiu Feng led the pressure against Xiao Yan as the surrounding experts closed in, and Gu Qingyang warned Gu Xun'er that the Ancient Clan’s position had become difficult.
• Gu Xun'er announced that the Ancient Clan would protect Xiao Yan, and a Space Passage opened as the world trembled.

Gu Xun Er summoned Elder Wuya after Xiao Yan obtained the Bodhi Seed, but the Soul Hall Great Heavenly Venerate and Elder Ying Huang soon arrived, leaving the three Dou Shengs to determine what would happen to Xiao Yan. Liu Xi watched from the Tree Spirit Space and hoped their confrontation would spark a wider conflict that could disrupt the Soul Clan’s plans and buy him time.

• Gu Xun Er summoned Elder Wuya and asked him to take Hun Yu to the Ancient Clan, but Hun Yu refused the invitation.
• The Soul Hall Great Heavenly Venerate arrived and confronted Elder Wuya, renewing their hostility over their previous encounter.
• Elder Ying Huang arrived after Jiu Feng explained that Xiao Yan was the only one who had obtained a Bodhi Seed.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate proposed that he and Elder Ying Huang join forces against Elder Wuya and capture Xiao Yan, while Elder Wuya warned Ying Huang not to interfere.
• Liu Xi watched the standoff from the Tree Spirit Space and hoped it would hasten a war and disrupt Hun Tiandi’s plans.

Elder Ying Huang tried to seize the Ancient Bodhi Tree and was killed instantly by its overwhelming power. Jiu Feng then attacked Xiao Yan, forcing him and his allies to flee, while Liu Xi obtained Elder Ying Huang’s Demon Core from the tree.

• Elder Ying Huang charged at the Ancient Bodhi Tree, which unleashed its power and destroyed him and his Demon Phoenix phantom.
• Jiu Feng demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the Bodhi Seeds and explain how he had obtained them, then attacked when Xiao Yan stayed silent.
• Hun Yu and Liu Cang joined the attack as the Great Heavenly Venerate blocked the Ancient Clan Dou Sheng Expert and fought him.
• Xiao Yan shouted for everyone to run, and Gu Xun Er led him away with the Ancient Clan and Starfall Pavilion members.
• Liu Xi asked the Ancient Bodhi Tree for Elder Ying Huang’s Demon Core, and the tree tossed it to him.

Xiao Yan and Gu Xun Er fled through the Vast Wilderness Mountain Range while dozens of Dou Zuns pursued them for the Bodhi Seed. Gu Xun Er ordered Gu Qingyang to protect Xiao Yan, and Gu Qingyang stayed behind to face the pursuers, where Hun Yu killed him.

• Jiu Feng led Hun Yu, Liu Cang, and dozens of Dou Zuns in pursuit of Xiao Yan, demanding the Bodhi Seed and the method to communicate with the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
• Two Starfall Pavilion Dou Zuns fell behind and disappeared into the pursuing crowd, while Gu Qingyang watched the chase unfold.
• Hun Yu and Liu Cang urged Xiao Yan to stop and hand over the Bodhi Seed, while Hun Yu secretly considered abducting Gu Xun Er for her Divine Bloodline.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Gu Xun Er, who asked Gu Qingyang to protect him and help him escape if necessary.
• Gu Qingyang ordered Gu Xun Er's followers to use destructive Dou Skills to buy time, then turned to face the pursuing Dou Zuns alone.
• Gu Qingyang unleashed the Great Annihilation Finger, but the crowd overwhelmed him, and Hun Yu killed him.

Liu Xi gained the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s spiritual essence and left the Tree Spirit Space with Qing Lin, while the pursuit of Xiao Yan continued elsewhere. The chapter ended with Hun Yu’s group splitting up to search the mountains, as he secretly planned to capture Gu Xun Er and seize her Divine Bloodline.

• Liu Xi persuaded the Ancient Bodhi Tree to let him take its Pure Qi, which grew into a tree in his spiritual world and strengthened his spirituality, comprehension, and origin.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree sent Liu Xi and Qing Lin outside, where Liu Xi concealed them from the two fighting Dou Saints and left with Qing Lin.
• Jiu Feng charged into the mountain range after Xiao Yan, killing any fierce beasts that blocked his way, while Liu Cang asked Hun Yu how they should proceed.
• Hun Yu proposed that the pursuers split up and signal each other if they found Xiao Yan, and the group flew into the mountains to search.
• Hun Yu privately dismissed the Bodhi Seed and resolved to capture Gu Xun Er so he could seize her Divine Bloodline and reach Dou Saint.

Xiao Yan and Gu Xun Er fled through the Vast Wilderness Mountain Range with the Bodhi Seed, but three Peak Dou Zuns ambushed them. Gu Xun Er fought their leader while Xiao Yan was cornered by the other two and tried to turn them against one another.

• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun Er escaped through the forest after Gu Qingyang sacrificed himself to help them.
• Three Black Robe Figures caught up and demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the Bodhi Seed, while their leader prepared to hold Gu Xun Er back.
• Gu Xun Er warned Xiao Yan to run and battled the leader, who was stronger than her and restrained his attacks.
• The other two Black Robe Figures pursued Xiao Yan, but he dodged their attacks and realized they were enemies of his teacher, Yao Chen.
• Cornered beneath a tree, Xiao Yan offered to hand over the Bodhi Seed and questioned which of the three Black Robe Figures should receive it.