Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and the other factions prepared to cross the Wild Ancient Region’s Beast Tide together, while he learned that the leaders planned to use the alliance as a shield. The chapter left the group advancing toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree, unaware of how many would survive the crossing.

• Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen warned Xiao Yan about Hun Yu and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, while Xiao Yan noticed Feng Qing’er’s bloodline had weakened the Asura Slave Seal.
• Jiu Feng confronted Xiao Yan over the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Bone Wings, and their factions began to clash before Cai Lin urged Xiao Yan to hold back because of the Beast Tide.
• Hun Yu proposed that the gathered factions form an alliance to break through the Beast Tide, and Jiu Feng and the Ancient Clan agreed to join.
• Feng Qing’er asked Xiao Yan to remove her mark, but he did not answer, then gave Xun Er a spatial Soul Jade Pendant as a means of escape.
• As the alliance set out, Gu Qingyang explained that Hun Yu and Jiu Feng intended to exploit the weaker factions and that the Beast Tide contained only part of the Wild Ancient Region’s danger.

Xiao Yan and the other factions crossed the Beast Tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree while Hun Yu used the weaker practitioners as bait. As the survivors reached the Black Mist, Xiao Yan escaped Jiu Feng’s illusion and framed Feng Qing’er for striking him, leaving her accused by her own clan.

• Gu Zhen explained that Dou Sheng experts could not enter the Wild Ancient Region without provoking the Demon Sages, then told Xiao Yan about Yao Tian’s alchemy talent.
• Hun Yu led the alliance into the Beast Tide, and the Magical Beasts surrounded them as the group suffered heavy losses.
• Xiao Yan used his Xiao Clan Clan Mark and Wind Fury Flame Dragon Tornado to carry his companions toward the far side of the Beast Tide, while other powerful groups also broke away from the doomed crowd.
• Xiao Yan and the other experts cautiously fought the peak Rank 8 Magical Beasts as they advanced toward the Black Mist and the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Jiu Feng cast a Soul Illusion Realm at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan broke free and secretly controlled Feng Qing’er, making her strike Jiu Feng into the Beast Tide.
• Xiao Yan led his companions out of the Beast Tide while Hun Yu entered the Black Mist; Jiu Feng accused Feng Qing’er of betraying him, and she could not explain what had happened.

Xiao Yan and the other factions reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Qing Lin detected a dangerous gray aura hidden within it. When the tree revealed five Ban Sheng tree slaves guarding its Bodhi Heart, Hun Yu recognized one as a missing Hun Clan expert.

• Feng Qing'er attacked Xiao Yan, but he knocked her back and admitted that he had controlled her with Soul Illusion, leaving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan unconvinced by her protests.
• Xiao Yan and the others crossed the Black Mist and saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while the beasts outside refused to approach it.
• Hun Yu's group waited near the tree, and he warned the arriving factions that the Bodhi Ancient Tree itself was the real danger.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that she saw cold gray energy filled with dangerous negative emotions within the tree's green light.
• The Bodhi Heart appeared, stirring everyone to rush toward it, but five Ban Sheng puppets emerged from the trunk.
• Hun Yu recognized one of the tree slaves as a Ban Sheng expert from the Hun Clan who had gone missing while searching for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan and the assembled factions fought the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Half-Saint Tree Slaves to reach the Bodhi Heart. After Xiao Yan and Xun Er helped destroy the last two Tree Slaves, the groups rushed toward the tree.

• Xiao Yan proposed that each faction take on a Half-Saint Tree Slave, while Nalan Yanran and Elder Hai stayed back to watch the Bodhi Ancient Tree and guard their escape route.
• Xiao Yan’s group attacked its assigned Tree Slave and discovered that a seed in its head controlled its body; Jiu Feng sacrificed Elder Huang Yi to save himself during the fighting.
• Xiao Yan coordinated a combined assault that shattered the Tree Slave’s head and destroyed the seed, then gave out Medicinal Pills while the injured group recovered.
• Hun Yu’s group defeated its Tree Slave, followed by Jiu Feng and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, though both groups suffered heavy casualties.
• When the final two teams remained unable to win, Xiao Yan and Xun Er destroyed one Tree Slave with a sneak attack, while Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others attacked the other; both groups then charged toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan broke the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion trial and learned that a Dou Di’s lingering negative energy had corrupted the tree and trapped his companions. The tree asked him to remove the corruption, and Xiao Yan began negotiating for a reward after discovering it had no Source Qi.

• Xiao Yan entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s soul illusion alone and shattered it with his Asura Soul Severing Technique.
• Xiao Yan found Xun Er, Cai Lin, and the others trapped in separate illusions, threatened the tree, and learned it wanted his help.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Xiao Yan how a black-robed Dou Di’s death ten thousand years earlier had left negative energy that corrupted and controlled it.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the negative energy contained Source Qi, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree indicated that it did not.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered Xiao Yan twenty-four pure Bodhi Seeds to help remove the negative energy, and Xiao Yan asked what else it would give him.

Xiao Yan used refined Bodhi Seeds and Mao Wu’s Nihility Devouring Flame to clear the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s inner space of the Dou Di’s negative energy, allowing its tree spirit to regain control of its body. The Bodhi Ancient Tree restored Xiao Yan’s energy as he worked, and he discovered that the third face of his Asura Soul Severing Technique absorbed vitality; some negative energy still remained when he used up all twenty-four seeds.

• Xiao Yan offered to clear the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s negative energy in exchange for a branch for his Xiao Realm, then brought out Mao Wu to help devour it.
• Xiao Yan refined Bodhi Seeds with Heavenly Flames, and Mao Wu used their purified essence to weaken and consume the negative energy in the Tree Spirit Space.
• As Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi dwindled, the Bodhi Ancient Tree made him a cushion that replenished his energy and strengthened his capacity; Xiao Yan realized the third face of his Asura Soul Severing Technique absorbed vitality.
• Xiao Yan and Mao Wu cleared the negative energy from the Tree Spirit Space, allowing the Bodhi Ancient Tree to reclaim control of its body and disperse the surrounding Black Mist.
• Xiao Yan used all twenty-four Bodhi Seeds, and Mao Wu could not consume the remaining negative energy inside the tree; the Bodhi Ancient Tree thanked Xiao Yan by shaking its branches excitedly.

Xiao Yan received the Bodhi Heart and watched Mao Wu begin evolving toward a Heaven Sub-Flame after devouring the Dou Di’s negative energy. He left the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s inner space to face the others, who had been released from their illusions, and revealed that he had obtained the treasure.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Asura Statue’s third face was developing and that his Cultivation Level had risen to the Fourth Turn, then accepted the Bodhi Heart from the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Heart repaired Xiao Yan’s injuries and loosened his Cultivation Level, while Mao Wu began evolving after absorbing the Dou Di’s negative energy and twenty-four Bodhi Seeds.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released Xun Er, Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and the others from their Soul Illusion Realms as Xiao Yan remained inside to deal with trouble before seeking the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation.
• Jiu Feng and Hun Yu assumed Xiao Yan had died, but Xun Er noticed the Bodhi Heart was missing, and Gu Qingyang suggested Xiao Yan might be receiving enlightenment beneath the tree.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the projection, confirmed that he had obtained the Bodhi Heart, and was greeted by Xun Er and his companions.

After obtaining the Bodhi Heart, Xiao Yan overwhelmed Hun Yu and Jiu Feng with his enhanced body and a powerful Heavenly Flame attack. Jiu Feng sealed them inside the Colored Eye Ancient Phoenix Bell, where Hun Yu summoned Gu You, who Xiao Yan recognized as his Second Brother.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had obtained the Bodhi Heart, then repelled Hun Yu and Jiu Feng's attempt to seize it.
• Hun Yu and Jiu Feng gathered allies to attack Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan raised his strength with the Xiao Clan Mark and defeated them with a fused Heavenly Flame punch.
• Jiu Feng trapped Xiao Yan, Hun Yu, and himself inside the Colored Eye Ancient Phoenix Bell while Hun Yu crushed a Space Jade Slip to summon help.
• Gu You emerged from a spatial rift, and Xiao Yan greeted him as his Second Brother.

Xiao Yan revealed his Soul Hall Tenth Tian Zun token, causing Gu You to spare him and abandon Hun Yu, while Xiao Yan returned to the group after killing Jiu Feng. The Bodhi Ancient Tree then released twenty Bodhi Seeds, which Xiao Yan gathered.

• Gu You halted his attack after Xiao Yan showed him the Soul Hall Tenth Tian Zun token, and he recognized Xiao Yan as the mysterious Tenth Tian Zun.
• Gu You struck Jiu Feng down, then left Hun Yu behind after Xiao Yan warned that he was connected to Hun Tiandi.
• Gu You withdrew through the spatial passage, and Xiao Yan killed Hun Yu after Gu You sealed the space and refused to rescue him.
• Outside the barrier, Gu Qingyang and the others defeated the remaining enemies, while Xun Er reassured Cai Lin that Xiao Yan would be fine.
• Xiao Yan returned atop Jiu Feng's corpse and told the group Hun Yu had escaped, then the Bodhi Ancient Tree released twenty Bodhi Seeds that Xiao Yan drew into his palm.

Xiao Yan helped the Bodhi Ancient Tree purge its corruption, gained its gifts for the group, and refined a Bodhi Pill while everyone cultivated beneath the tree. As Mao Wu’s evolution began, Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, while Nalan Yanran remained in deep enlightenment.

• Xiao Yan distributed Bodhi Seeds and arranged for the group to cultivate on meditation cushions beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yan refined a Bodhi Pill as the others awakened from their enlightenment and left the Wild Ancient Region; Xun Er said she would return to the Ancient Clan to accept its Final Inheritance.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yan agreed to return to Wutan City for their wedding, and she left for the Ancient Clan.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree shook as Mao Wu’s evolution neared completion, and Cai Lin gave Xiao Yan the Bodhi Pill and Bodhi Transformation Saliva before kissing him and leaving with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan prepared for the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, but Nalan Yanran remained in enlightenment with the Spirit White Fox.

Xiao Yan endured the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, discarding most of the memories from ninety-nine simulated lives before entering a final life that recreated his own past. He woke injured in a cave with his power greatly reduced and faced an illusory Elder who had prepared medicine for him.

• Xiao Yan refined the evolved Nihility Devouring Flame with two pills while the Bodhi Ancient Tree eased his pain and drew him into a reincarnation.
• Xiao Yan rapidly experienced Dugu Qing’s life, erased most of its memories, and repeated the process through the first ninety-nine reincarnations.
• Xiao Yan entered the hundredth reincarnation and recognized memories of his own past, including Nalan Yanran’s engagement challenge.
• Xiao Yan discovered he was a wounded teenager with the strength of a Six-Star Dou Zhe, recovering in a cave’s medicinal liquid.
• An illusory Elder entered the cave after Xiao Yan demanded to know who was there.

Xiao Yan awakened in the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation as the injured disciple of the Elder, who had saved him and guided his recovery. After correcting Xiao Yan’s alchemy and testing his Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, the Elder ordered him to retrain under a waterfall and covered him with Burning Blood.

• Xiao Yan recognized the Elder as his Master and learned that he had been unconscious for five days after escaping the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan tried to demonstrate his alchemy, but the Elder showed him how to account for medicinal ingredients’ age and growing conditions when refining them.
• Xiao Yan claimed mastery of the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and unleashed a powerful strike that split the waterfall, but the Elder criticized his foundation and ordered him to practice under its current.
• The Elder applied Burning Blood to Xiao Yan, who screamed as the liquid burned his skin.

Xiao Yan trained under the Elder in the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, mastering the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and advancing his cultivation and alchemy. After refining a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill and breaking the reincarnation, he faced the Elder’s final disappearance.

• Xiao Yan endured Burning Blood and practiced the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler under the Elder’s guidance until he mastered it.
• Xiao Yan reached Nine Star Peak Dou Zhe, then broke through to Dou Shi and recovered his full cultivation, becoming a Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan used his eleven Heavenly Flames and Black Demon to refine the Bodhi Great Return Pill, a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill.
• Xiao Yan split the Black Demon Lightning with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, breaking the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation.
• Xiao Yan wept as the Elder faded away and the Tree Spirit Space began to vanish.

After completing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation and bidding farewell to Yao Chen, Xiao Yan awoke, gathered Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and returned to the Xiao Realm. He later confronted Feng Qing’er in the town outside the Wild Ancient Region, where she offered information about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan in exchange for having her Soul Mark removed.

• Xiao Yan completed the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, received Yao Chen’s farewell, and sealed the Bodhi Great Return Pill in a wooden box.
• Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran had experienced his past through the Bodhi Ancient Tree, teased her about their broken engagement, and left the Wild Ancient Region with her.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree disappeared, and Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Realm with Nalan Yanran while Xiao Yi Xian mistook the Bodhi Transformation Saliva on her for something else.
• Xiao Yan made a deal with the Ancient Devouring Insect Queen to protect the Xiao Realm, then prepared a Treasure Liquid pool for Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan used his Dou Sheng power to travel to the town outside the Wild Ancient Region, where Feng Qing’er offered information about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan in exchange for removal of her Soul Mark.

After becoming a One-Star Dou Saint, Xiao Yan freed Feng Qing'er from her Asura Slave Seal and learned that Zi Yan had returned to East Dragon Island after reaching Rank 9. Back at the Flame Alliance, he considered his remaining targets and reunited with Cai Lin while their daughters slept nearby.

• Xiao Yan revealed that his strength had grown enough for him to stop fearing the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan that Ancient Void Dragon Clan elders had returned to East Dragon Island, and he concluded Zi Yan had become the Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan removed Feng Qing'er's Asura Slave Seal and bound her with a Soul Contract to keep her from revealing his affairs; she then returned to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan decided to deal with the Heaven Nether Sect and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe before pursuing the Bodhi Heart and the incomplete Emperor Grade pill formula.
• Xiao Yan returned to Cai Lin, saw her caring for Xiao Xiao and Xiao Cai, and kissed her after covering the light barrier with Soul Power.

Xiao Yan created the Heaven Rank High-Level Flame Emperor Seal and considered striking against the Heaven Nether Sect, then took Qing Lin into the sea to pursue the Chi Serpent Race and gather what he needed to revive the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent. They reached a vast underwater palace, with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin still approaching the Serpent Demon Lord Chi.

• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan that Gu Xun Er had approved of their relationship but forbidden him from intimacy with Cai Lin until he reunited with Xun Er, and Xiao Yan accepted the restriction.
• Venerable Tian Huo revealed that he had created the Heaven Rank Low-Level Five Beasts Sky Burning Seal, and Xiao Yan used it and his own insights to complete the Heaven Rank High-Level Flame Emperor Seal.
• Xiao Yan discussed the growing Flame Alliance and the threat posed by the Heaven Nether Sect and its ally, the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, while hinting that the Alliance had another Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin left the Flame Alliance to obtain essence blood and prepare to revive the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, which Xiao Yan wanted to raise to Rank 9.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin entered the sealed territory of the Chi Serpent Race through a black hole, explored its coral forest, and continued toward the Asura Soul Chasing Mark.
• After a day beneath the sea, Xiao Yan and Qing Lin arrived before a vast crystal palace city.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin attacked the Chi Serpent Race’s Dragon Palace City, where Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to turn the clan’s forces against it. When the Chi Serpent Lord summoned an Ancient Chi Dragon Ancestor Soul, Xiao Yan stepped forward, believing it could help restore the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent.

• Xiao Yan demanded that the Chi Serpent Race surrender its leader, submit its experts to Qing Lin, and open its treasury, but the Chi Serpent Lord refused and summoned the Ten Serpent Guards.
• Qing Lin summoned over a hundred Snake Slaves, and her forces overwhelmed the Chi Serpent defenders while gaining more controlled serpents in battle.
• The Chi Serpent Lord activated the clan’s inherited pendant and sacrificed its citizens’ blood to summon a powerful sea dragon Ancestor Soul.
• Qing Lin withdrew the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s soul, and Xiao Yan stepped forward to face the Ancestor Soul.
• Xiao Yan said the Ancestor Soul could help restore the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent and called its arrival a great gift.

Xiao Yan defeated the Chi Serpent Race by revealing his Dou Sheng strength and capturing its Ancestor Soul, then made the clan submit to the Flame Alliance. He brought the Ancestor Soul and the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s remains to an underwater secret realm to begin the serpent’s revival, but first demanded that it show its sincerity.

• Serpent Demon Lord Chi ordered his clansmen to sacrifice their essence blood, empowering the Chi Serpent Ancestor Soul until it reached Dou Sheng strength.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was a Dou Sheng, seized the Ancestor Soul with the Asura Giant Statue, and crushed Dragon Palace City beneath his Saintly Might.
• Qing Lin used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, aided by the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, to turn Serpent Demon Lord Chi into a Snake Slave.
• Xiao Yan spared the Chi Serpent Race in exchange for its treasury, secret realms, and mineral veins, and Hai Yan led him and Qing Lin to an underwater body-tempering secret realm.
• Xiao Yan brought out the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s skeleton and Magic Core, along with the captured Ancestor Soul, and told the serpent to prove its sincerity before he helped revive it.

Xiao Yan helped Qing Lin contract the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent and began restoring it with a Taiyi Treasure Pill, then traveled to Burning Flame Valley to ask Old Ancestor Huo Yun for help. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan offering to heal Huo Yun’s injuries in exchange for killing Heaven Nether Old Demon.

• The Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent accepted a Soul Contract with Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan added a safeguard before merging its soul with the Chi Serpent Ancestor Soul.
• Xiao Yan used the Sea Bottom Volcano and the Ten Thousand Beasts Earth Core Flame to fuse the serpent’s bones and Magic Core, while Qing Lin strengthened her connection to it.
• Xiao Yan refined a Taiyi Treasure Pill, overcame its Black Demon Lightning tribulation with the Flame Emperor Seal, and fed the pill to the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent to restore its body.
• Xiao Yan gave Qing Lin a protective pendant and a pill to help suppress the Snake Slaves’ resentment when her Cultivation Level approached a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan left the hidden sea realm and went to Burning Flame Valley, where he offered to heal Old Ancestor Huo Yun’s injuries in exchange for killing Heaven Nether Old Demon.

Xiao Yan prepared the Flame Alliance for war against the Heaven Nether Sect, with Old Ancestor Huo Yun agreeing to help. As the planned offensive approached, Tuan Tuan completed its evolution into a ninth-grade pill beast and reached Early One-Star Dou Saint strength.

• Xiao Yan persuaded Old Ancestor Huo Yun to target Heaven Nether Old Demon, and Huo Yun agreed to stake Burning Flame Valley's support on the conflict.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance and coordinated a secret mobilization with its leaders, while Yun Yun confirmed that the Flower Sect's elders would join the fight.
• Cai Lin declared that she and Xiao Yan would confront the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, and Xiao Yan said Qing Lin needed about half a month to recover.
• Tuan Tuan's evolution triggered Pill Lightning, and Xiao Yan protected Creation Valley while the pill beast faced the trial.
• Tuan Tuan endured the lightning and became a ninth-grade pill beast with Early One-Star Dou Saint strength.