Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived as Xie Shan threatened the poisoned Yun Yun and killed the Peak Dou Huang with a single decisive attack. He stored Xie Shan’s corpse, then discovered Yun Yun had fainted from the poison.

• Xie Shan poisoned Yun Yun and closed in on her, while she prepared to self-detonate rather than be captured.
• Xiao Yan arrived and challenged Xie Shan, ignoring Yun Yun’s warning that the veteran Peak Dou Huang was too strong for him.
• Xiao Yan shattered Xie Shan’s staff with his fist, then broke through his scorpion Dou Qi phantom and struck him down.
• Xiao Yan collected Xie Shan’s corpse in his Storage Ring and recognized the Scorpion Elder named in Xie Shan’s dying threat as Xie Biyan.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Yun Yun had fainted from the poison and wondered what to do next.

Yun Yun woke in a cave after Xiao Yan removed and repaired her Sea Heart Armor to save her, then set out to return to the Misty Cloud Sect and find her benefactor. Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family after seeing the Fire Demon Sky Ape defeat a Frost Snake King, promising the beast a chance to evolve.

• Yun Yun discovered her toxins were gone and her Sea Heart Armor had been repaired, and she realized her unknown young benefactor had saved her life.
• Yun Yun dressed, vowed to find her benefactor, and flew back toward the Misty Cloud Sect, worrying that Great Elder Yun Leng might have acted recklessly.
• Xiao Yan flew through the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's territory and heard the Fire Demon Sky Ape fighting a Monster Beast.
• Xiao Yan found the Fire Demon Sky Ape had defeated a Fifth Tier Frost Snake King and learned it had reached Mid-Fifth Tier after training in the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower.
• Xiao Yan told the Fire Demon Sky Ape to bring the Frost Snake King home and hinted that another opportunity might let it evolve, prompting it to hurry after him with the snake.

Old Yao gave Xiao Yan the Blood Art, a monster-beast cultivation technique that could uncover and evolve bloodlines, and the Fire Demon Sky Ape quickly learned it. Old Yao began fusing the Ape with Ancient Blood Bat Dragon blood while continuing his work on the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower.

• Old Yao explained that he had adapted Demon Ape Transformation into the Blood Art, which let monster beasts cultivate and strengthen their bloodlines by absorbing others.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Blood Art's grade varied with the beast's bloodline and could evolve as it absorbed powerful bloodlines.
• The Fire Demon Sky Ape received the Blood Art, cultivated it immediately, and reported that it had reached high Xuan class.
• Old Yao split the Ancient Blood Bat Dragon bloodline and began fusing half of it into the Fire Demon Sky Ape.
• Old Yao said repairing and upgrading the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower would take six or seven days, and described plans to modify its arrays and add vitality and flames.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao helped the Fire Demon Sky Ape absorb Dragon Bloodline, triggering a powerful evolution that transformed it into the Fire Demon Dragon Ape. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and Branded Iron Poisonous Python received the Blood Art and set out to expand their territory, while Old Yao prepared to modify the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower to awaken the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di bloodline.

• Old Yao infused the Fire Demon Sky Ape with refined Dragon Bloodline, causing its body and inherited bloodline to transform.
• Xiao Yan gave the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and Branded Iron Poisonous Python the Blood Art and explained that it could uncover their hidden bloodline potential.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and Branded Iron Poisonous Python left to attack stronger Monster Beasts and expand their territory.
• The Fire Demon Sky Ape completed its evolution, gaining blood-red dragon scales, dragon wings, a Mid Earth Tier Cultivation Technique, and the strength of a Five-Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan named the evolved beast the Fire Demon Dragon Ape, and Old Yao said he would modify the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower to awaken the Xiao Clan Dou Di bloodline.

Xiao Yan and the Xiao family waited as Old Yao completed the tower’s upgrade and prepared to awaken their depleted Dou Di Bloodline. The tower became the Nirvana Emperor Blood Tower, and the family learned that their bloodlines could begin awakening through cultivation inside it.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders gathered with Xiao Yan, who reassured them that he had a ninety-eight percent chance of activating their bloodline.
• The Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower stirred and drew a vast tide of Heaven and Earth Energy from the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Old Yao emerged and announced that he had successfully upgraded the tower into the Nirvana Emperor Blood Tower, capable of supporting Dou Zong and lower-ranking Dou Zun cultivators.
• Old Yao explained that the Xiao family could awaken their bloodlines by cultivating as before, as Dragon Bloodline aura merged into them with the pills’ medicinal power.
• Old Yao cautioned that their awakened bloodlines would likely reach only the fifth grade, and Xiao Yan accepted this as a worthwhile beginning.

Xiao Yan entered the Nirvana Emperor Blood Tower’s Eighth Layer, perfected the Lesser Nirvana Golden Body, and began using dragon aura to awaken his ancestor Xiao’s bloodline. He sensed an immense jade-colored dragon in the void and wondered if it was the Six-fingered Dragon Emperor.

• Old Yao assigned Xiao Yan and the Branded Iron Poisonous Python to higher tower levels, and Xiao Yan left him a coffin before entering the tower.
• Old Yao recognized Xie Shan’s corpse and began refining it into a Sixth Tier Peak Poison Puppet for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan endured the Eighth Layer’s flames and thunder for two and a half days while his body repeatedly shattered and healed.
• Xiao Yan perfected the Lesser Nirvana Golden Body at peak sixth rank and noted that he could now kill opponents like Xie Shan and Wu Ya without using Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating with the aura of the Dragon Bloodline and sensed a jade-colored ancient dragon in the void, which he identified as possibly the Six-fingered Dragon Emperor.

Xiao Yan’s bloodline awakened Emperor Xiao’s remnant will, which subdued the Six-fingered Dragon Emperor’s remnant and revealed secrets about the Dou Qi Continent’s ancient past. After Xiao Yan described the Xiao Clan’s decline and the Ancient Clan’s treatment of it, Emperor Xiao grew furious, and Xiao Yan offered a way to revive him.

• Emperor Xiao’s remnant will emerged from Xiao Yan’s bloodline and refined the Six-fingered Dragon Emperor’s dragon-shaped remnant.
• Xiao Yan explained the Profound Sky Continent and its foreign demons to Emperor Xiao, who recounted the Origin Emperor’s ancient era and the Hundred Emperors’ battle against demons.
• Emperor Xiao questioned Xiao Yan about the Xiao Clan’s weakened bloodline, and Xiao Yan described the clan’s decline and the Ancient Clan’s role in it.
• Emperor Xiao condemned Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan for taking the Xiao Clan’s inheritance while failing to protect its descendants.
• Xiao Yan told Emperor Xiao that he had a way to revive him.

Xiao Yan persuaded Emperor Xiao that he could be revived using the Demon Emperor’s severed arm and a plan to restore powerful experts first. After Emperor Xiao went dormant, Xiao Yan’s bloodline boosted his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Huang, while the Six-fingered Dragon Emperor’s remnant will stirred within the Primordial Dragon Bone in the Dragon Domain.

• Xiao Yan explained his teacher’s combined revival methods to Emperor Xiao, who judged them theoretically feasible but said his revival required Dou Di-level flesh and blood.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Demon Emperor’s arm in the Eastern Profound Region could provide the foundation for Emperor Xiao’s body.
• Xiao Yan proposed reviving Old Yao and several ancient experts first so they could join forces to suppress the Demon Emperor’s Hand.
• Emperor Xiao agreed to slumber until summoned again and warned Xiao Yan that he could affect remnant thoughts but not living beings.
• Xiao Yan awakened and used his Dou Di Bloodline to advance six minor realms, reaching Seven-Star Dou Huang.
• The Six-fingered Dragon Emperor’s remnant will stirred in the Primordial Dragon Bone inside the Dragon Domain’s Ancient Dragon Transformation Pool.

Xiao Yan prepared to travel to the Black Corner Region after the Xiao Family’s strength surged, but first planned to summon Little Sable and his other allies to deal with the Misty Cloud Sect and Wu Protector. He left for the Imperial Capital, where he intended to test cross-boundary summoning and explore the Life and Death Gate with them.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated the Xiao Family’s growth, including Xiao Zhan reaching Eight-Star Dou Wang and Xiao Han attaining peak Minor Accomplishment of Creation Realm.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he planned to visit the Black Corner Region next month to seek the Falling Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, after addressing dangers within the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan explained to Old Yao that he would use his summoning opportunity to bring Little Sable and the others from the Profound Sky Continent, both to test the ability and to gain help for future threats.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao set out for the Imperial Capital, where Xiao Yan planned to summon his Second Brother and Third Brother for seven days and attack the Misty Cloud Sect and Wu Protector.
• Xiao Yan planned to take his allies into the Life and Death Gate, trusting Emperor Xiao’s Remnant Will to protect him there.

Lin Dong arrived at Xiao Mansion and joined Xiao Yan and Little Sable in preparing to raid Misty Cloud Sect for its Dou Sheng inheritance. As the three set out, their power stirred the Imperial Capital, where Jia Xing Tian was seeking help for his injured Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast.

• Lin Dong appeared at Xiao Mansion, where Xiao Yan explained that Misty Cloud Sect's Life and Death Gate held an inheritance belonging to the Xiao Clan.
• Lin Dong asked Little Sable to lend him power, accepted Little Sable as his Second Brother, and rose to the One-element Nirvana Realm.
• Lin Dong summoned his Great Luo Golden Spear and urged Xiao Yan and Little Sable to head for Misty Cloud Sect and attack Wu Protector.
• Fama told Jia Xing Tian that his fifth-grade pill could only ease the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast's suffering and that Gu He would not help the imperial family.
• Jia Xing Tian sensed the powerful aura coming from Xiao Mansion and turned toward it.

Lin Dong and Xiao Yan revealed their overwhelming strength in the Imperial Capital, alarming the empire’s powers and drawing the attention of the Mittel and Nalan families. As Xiao Yan announced their visit to the Misty Cloud Sect, the weakened Nalan Jie learned that the young Dou Emperor was Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family.

• Lin Dong appeared above the Imperial Capital with a golden spear and a powerful Dou Ancestor aura, startling Jia Xing Tian and Fama.
• Xiao Yan rose from Xiao Mansion as a Dou Huang, and Jia Xing Tian and Fama recognized that another formidable young expert had arrived.
• Mittel Teng Shan welcomed the Xiao Family’s growing strength and resolved that the Imperial Family should yield the Dragon Throne to them.
• Nalan Jie lamented his family’s decline as Nalan Su helped him outside to see the powerful auras above the city.
• Nalan Jie mistook Xiao Yan for Xiao Lin before Nalan Su identified him, and Xiao Yan announced that he and Lin Dong had come to visit the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan and his companions flew to Misty Cloud Mountain to confront the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan planned to target its leaders and spare ordinary disciples. The chapter ended as Lin Dong attacked Yun Leng with the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger.

• Nalan Jie regretted the Nalan Family's treatment of Xiao Yan after learning of his strength and hoped Xiao Yan would eventually let go of his grudge.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Dong and his brothers to avoid harming innocent Misty Cloud Sect disciples, and Old Yao agreed that they should target the guilty and disband the sect.
• Old Yao sensed the sect's strongest fighters, and Xiao Yan assigned Wu Protector to himself while asking Old Yao to prevent his escape.
• Yun Leng confronted Xiao Yan in the sky, doubted his strength, and demanded that he leave before disturbing Yun Yun's seclusion.
• Lin Dong cursed Yun Leng and unleashed the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, Half-Finger Shakes Heaven and Earth.

Lin Dong used the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger to kill Yun Leng, revealing the Misty Cloud Sect elder’s ties to Wu Protector and the Soul Hall. As Yun Yun rallied the sect to defend itself, Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and confronted Lin Dong.

• Yun Leng recognized Lin Dong as a young Dou Zong and, relying on his connection to Wu Protector and the Soul Hall, tried to summon help with a Bone Flute.
• Lin Dong formed a golden half-finger with the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger and trapped Yun Leng with a spatial lock.
• Yun Leng called for help from Yun Shan and Wu Protector, but Lin Dong’s attack crushed him into blood mist despite the Soul Hall chains he summoned.
• Yun Yun emerged from recuperation, saw Yun Leng’s death, and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to form the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• A powerful aura rose from the back mountain as Yun Shan came out of seclusion, and Xiao Yan warned Lin Dong that Yun Shan was a One-Star Dou Zong.

Lin Dong confronted Yun Shan after Yun Shan emerged as a Dou Zong, demanding that the Misty Cloud Sect disband. Lin Dong overpowered Yun Shan’s first attack with the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger and began a stronger follow-up assault.

• Yun Shan appeared at Misty Cloud Mountain, and Jia Xing Tian, Fama, and Nalan Su reacted to his breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Yun Shan confronted Lin Dong over Yun Leng’s death, but Lin Dong demanded the Misty Cloud Sect disband.
• Lin Dong summoned the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, and Yun Shan countered with Wind Extreme, Meteor Kill.
• Lin Dong’s golden finger crushed Yun Shan’s attack, forcing Yun Shan to propose making peace.
• Lin Dong rejected Yun Shan’s offer and launched the second and third forms of the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger.

Lin Dong unleashed the first three fingers of the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger against Yun Shan, who fought back with a powerful wind sword. As the fingers overwhelmed his defense, black qi erupted from Yun Shan and raised his strength to four-star Dou Zong, leaving Xiao Yan and Old Yao to suspect Soul Hall had planted a hidden method on him.

• Lin Dong summoned three enormous Origin Energy fingers and sent them crashing toward Yun Shan.
• Little Sable warned Lin Dong that another power was eroding Yun Shan’s soul and could eventually raise his strength to three or four-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Dong began preparing the Fourth Finger while Xiao Yan recalled Lin Dong’s plan to attack with a Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus and then the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger.
• Yun Shan summoned a massive wind-attribute sword, but the first three fingers crushed it and continued toward him.
• Black qi covered Yun Shan, raised his strength from one-star to four-star Dou Zong, and sent a dark iron chain piercing through the falling fingers.
• Old Yao suspected that Soul Hall had left a hidden method on Yun Shan, possibly connected to the Life and Death Gate.

Lin Dong nearly killed Yun Shan after defeating the black mist possessing him, but Xiao Yan stopped Lin Dong from attacking Yun Yun. A Soul Clan protector arrived, leaving Lin Dong ready to fight the Four-Star Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan reasoned that Life and Death Flame Saint Xiao Lan might have died alongside a Soul Clan Dou Sheng, whose lingering soul could remain inside the Life and Death Gate.
• Lin Dong used Four Fingers Break the Firmament to smash the black-mist-possessed Yun Shan deep into Misty Cloud Mountain, but sensed he was still alive.
• Yun Yun shielded Yun Shan and pleaded with Lin Dong to spare her teacher, then recognized Xiao Yan behind him.
• Lin Dong prepared to kill Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yan stopped him and said Yun Yun had a connection to him.
• A Four-Star Dou Zong arrived in black mist, dismissed Yun Shan as a disposable tool, and challenged Lin Dong about his faction.

Xiao Yan stepped in to face Wu Protector, who used thousands of Soul Bodies to raise his power to Seven-Star Dou Zong. With Old Yao sealing the space, Xiao Yan prepared to test his awakened bloodline by opening his Clan Mark.

• Xiao Yan shielded Lin Dong and challenged Wu Protector, who dismissed him as a mere Seven-Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan blocked Wu Protector’s chain with his flaming fist and revealed his Heavenly Flames.
• Wu Protector unleashed the Soul Bodies stored in his Soul Bag and raised his strength to Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Jia Xing Tian and Fama reacted to the black mist spreading over the Imperial Capital, and Fama suspected Wu Protector belonged to the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao to seal the space so Wu Protector could not send information, then formed the seals to open his Clan Mark.

Xiao Yan revealed an Ancient Clan Mark and unleashed three powerful ruler strikes against Wu Protector’s chain python. His attack destroyed the python, leaving the battle at the Misty Cloud Sect in his favor.

• Xiao Yan activated a Silver Clan Mark, raising his strength to the peak of the Dou Emperor Realm and shocking Wu Protector.
• Wu Protector chose to kill Xiao Yan rather than risk letting him escape, unaware that a ghost and a yao-ghost had secretly locked onto him.
• Wu Protector summoned the Hundred Soul Lock Heaven Python and sent a black serpent attack toward Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used three successive Flame Splitting Wave Ruler strikes, ending with the Green Lotus Earth Heart Ruler, to unleash immense firepower.
• Jia Xing Tian watched Xiao Yan’s display, while Fama urged him to accept the Xiao Family’s rising power.
• Xiao Yan’s three strikes shattered Wu Protector’s chain python amid the Misty Cloud Sect’s protective formation.

Xiao Yan defeated Wu Protector’s Nether Soul Python, and Little Sable captured the fleeing Soul Hall Protector. With the fight over, Xiao Yan and his companions prepared to enter the Life and Death Gate and explore the Dou Sheng Small World.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Nether Soul Python with a chain of Dou Skills, astonishing Wu Protector with his strength as a Seven-Star Dou Huang.
• Wu Protector fled toward the horizon, but Old Yao secretly sealed the space while Xiao Yan refused to waste time chasing him.
• Little Sable revealed a hundred-zhang Heavenly Demon Sable Projection, overwhelmed Wu Protector, and sealed him into a Soul Sphere.
• Little Sable handed Wu Protector to Old Yao, who stored the Soul Body in the Ancient Ring as research material for a self-evolving Puppet.
• Old Yao and Xiao Yan turned their attention to opening the Life and Death Gate and exploring the Dou Sheng Small World.

Xiao Yan entered the Life and Death Gate Secret Realm with Old Yao, hoping to find the remains of Ancestor Xiao Lan and remove hidden dangers before moving the gate. Inside, Little Sable entered an epiphany about reincarnation as a violent storm revealed another Heavenly Flame, leaving Xiao Yan with a new opportunity.

• Xiao Yan decided to dismantle the Black and White Gate and bring it to the Xiao Family rather than move the Nirvana Emperor Blood Tower.
• Old Yao warned that they needed to explore the secret realm and eliminate dangers, and Xiao Yan hoped to find Ancestor Xiao Lan's lingering soul and body.
• Xiao Yan and the others entered the realm, where Old Yao sensed soul resentments that could corrupt people with weak minds.
• Little Sable entered a sudden enlightenment about reincarnation, and Old Yao said he might recover Dou Zun-level strength.
• A Black and White Dragon Roll Sandstorm swept across the realm and reduced the nearby land to a plain.
• Old Yao identified a Heavenly Flame tainted by the Yin Yang Twin Flames and told Xiao Yan that it was an opportunity for him.