Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to Qing Lin and subdued the revived Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, then brought them toward the Flame Alliance. Three days later, the Flame Alliance and Flower Sect arrived at the Heaven Nether Sect with a massive warship, declaring war over the sect’s attack in the Wild Ancient Region.

• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Yi Xian that he would refine a pill for Tuan Tuan and then left to check on Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan found Qing Lin awake and saw that the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent had revived as a middle-stage One-Star Dou Saint and turned the volcano into a Poison Swamp.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to bind the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, which submitted and carried her and Xiao Yan through a Void Passage toward the Flame Alliance.
• Three days later, Nalan Yanran led a Flame Alliance force aboard an Ancient Clan Shuttle Sky Boat to the Heaven Nether Sect, accompanied by Yun Yun and other leaders.
• Tian Mingzi demanded to know why Yun Yun had come, and a Flower Sect elder accused the Heaven Nether Sect of attacking them in the Wild Ancient Region and killing Elder Qing.

The Flame Alliance attacked the Heaven Nether Sect, broke its protective array with a Shuttle Sky Boat, and drove into a fierce battle. Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun overwhelmed their opponents, but Tian Mingzi summoned an Advanced Half-Saint as the battle escalated.

• Tian Mingzi activated the Heaven Nether Sect's protective array while Nalan Yanran ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to attack it.
• Nalan Yanran's Heaven Rank array failed to break the barrier, so Yao Ye commanded the Shuttle Sky Boat to blast it apart with thunder.
• Nalan Yanran, Venerable Tian Huo, Yun Yun, and other Flame Alliance forces charged into the Heaven Nether Sect and joined the battle.
• Nalan Yanran used two swords to kill an Eight Star Dou Zun elder, while Yun Yun fought Tian Mingzi and redirected his Great Blood Demon Palm into the sect's Ancestral Land.
• Tian Mingzi crushed a Space Jade Slip, summoning an Advanced Half-Saint, and Yun Yun pulled Nalan Yanran back from the fight.

Old Ancestor Huo Yun’s appearance forced Heaven Nether Old Demon to back down from the Flame Alliance’s attack, while the Alliance’s forces struck the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe at Yellow Spring Mountain Range. Cai Lin led the assault as Xiao Yan stayed in reserve, and Yao Xiaotian confronted the invaders underground.

• Old Ancestor Huo Yun appeared before Heaven Nether Sect, and Heaven Nether Old Demon recognized the Two-Star Dou Saint and tried to retreat by invoking his alliance with the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe.
• The Flame Alliance’s forces arrived at Yellow Spring Mountain Range, where the Medusa Clan’s Great Elder explained the Nine Serene Yellow Spring’s dangers and the tribe’s control over the ancestral homeland.
• Cai Lin assigned the battle roles, with Qing Lin and herself facing the Great Elder and Xiao Yi Xian holding off Yao Xiaotian while Xiao Yan stayed back with Xiao Xiao and Xiao Cai.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Xiao and Xiao Cai to start a fire and wait for stragglers while Cai Lin and the others prepared to attack the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed the assault as the palace beneath Yellow Spring Mountain Range shook, then demanded to know who had invaded his territory.

Cai Lin led the Snake-People Empire and Flame Alliance into the underground territory of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, triggering a battle with Yao Xiaotian’s forces. When Qing Lin was targeted by Great Elder Yao Ce, she summoned a conscious Rank 9 Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, leaving the tribe’s leaders stunned.

• Cai Lin blasted open the Yellow Spring Mountain Range and rallied the snake-people to reclaim their ancestral homeland.
• Mo Bas, Yue Mei, and the other Tribe Leaders led the Snake-People Empire and allied clans through the breach as the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe sounded the alarm.
• Yao Xiaotian ordered his forces to kill the invaders, while Yao Ce and the Nether Serpent Guards surrounded the Shuttle Sky Boat and targeted Cai Lin and Qing Lin.
• Yao Ce sealed Qing Lin in space, but Qing Lin called forth a colossal Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils that released poisonous mist and revealed a nine-headed black serpent.
• The Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent blocked Yao Ce’s Yellow Spring Finger and broke his spatial defense, shocking Yao Xiaotian and the tribe’s elders.
• Yao Ce realized the Rank 9 Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent had its own consciousness and was not Qing Lin’s Snake Slave.

The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe faced Medusa’s forces as Qing Lin, the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, Xiao Yi Xian, and Tuan Tuan revealed their strength. When Yao Xiaotian unleashed a powerful technique using the Nine Serene Yellow Spring, Xiao Yan noticed someone awakening beneath it.

• Xiao Yan discovered the Nine Serene Yellow Spring with his Soul Power and stopped probing when its Cold Qi reached him.
• Medusa’s forces confronted the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, while its subordinate snake clans waited to see who would win.
• Yao Xiaotian ordered the Ten Thousand Serpents Grand Formation, and Qing Lin summoned her snake army, including Serpent Demon Lord Chi and the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.
• Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce attacked Qing Lin, but the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent engaged Yao Ce while Tuan Tuan and Xiao Yi Xian protected Qing Lin from Yao Xiaotian.
• Yao Xiaotian drew water from the Nine Serene Yellow Spring to form the Yellow Spring Grand Seal, and Xiao Yan sensed someone opening their eyes beneath the spring.

Cai Lin awakened the Serpent Mother Power and used a Nine-Colored Thunder Sword to destroy Yao Xiaotian’s Yellow Spring Grand Seal, turning the battle against the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe. She declared herself the true king, and the subordinate Snake Clans knelt before her.

• Yao Xiaotian unleashed the Yellow Spring Grand Seal, and the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, Xiao Yi Xian, Tuan Tuan, and Great Elder Yao Ce struggled against it.
• Xiao Yan prepared to intervene, but a voice told him it was not yet time, and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame flew to Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin activated her Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python bloodline and used the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change with the three Heavenly Flames, reaching Dou Sheng power through the Serpent Mother Power.
• Cai Lin summoned a Nine-Colored Thunder Sword and split apart the Yellow Spring Grand Seal and Yellow Spring Finger, leaving Yao Xiaotian badly weakened.
• Cai Lin declared, “I am the true king,” and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe and other subordinate Snake Clans knelt before her.

Cai Lin overwhelmed Yao Xiaotian as the Flame Alliance’s forces pushed back the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe. Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce freed the imprisoned former clan leader Yao Ming to help defend their territory, and Yao Ming confronted Cai Lin as the chapter ended.

• Cai Lin defeated Yao Xiaotian with her Three-Colored Strange Flame, Nine-Colored Heavenly Thunder, and superior bloodline while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin’s Snake Slaves drove back the tribe’s forces.
• Yao Ce warned Yao Xiaotian that the tribe faced destruction and persuaded him to release Yao Ming from beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Spring.
• Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce lifted the seal, and Yao Ming broke free with the strength of a Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Ming stopped himself from attacking Yao Xiaotian after learning the tribe faced an invading force, then ordered Cai Lin and her allies to leave the tribe’s territory.

Xiao Yan arrived to confront the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe and demanded its treasury, the Nine Serene Yellow Spring, and the deaths of Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce. After Yao Ming recovered his strength and challenged Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan revealed his God Grade Xiao Clan bloodline and prepared an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus, prompting Yao Ming to agree to his terms.

• Xiao Yan appeared beside Cai Lin and declared that the Snake-People Empire would claim the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe's territory.
• Xiao Yan demanded the tribe's treasury and Yellow Spring Blood Crystals, its departure from the sacred land, and the execution of Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce.
• Xiao Yan fought Yao Ming, countering his Yellow Spring Finger with the Grand Creation Palm.
• Yao Ming used the Nine Serene Scepter to absorb power from the Nine Serene Yellow Spring and recover to Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan activated his Xiao Clan Mark and combined eight Heavenly Flames to reach Two-Star Dou Saint, then formed an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Yao Ming agreed to Xiao Yan's conditions as Xiao Yan prepared to throw the fire lotus.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, allowing Cai Lin and the Snake-People Race to reclaim their homeland. Yao Ming surrendered the tribe’s resources and Yellow Spring Blood Crystals, while Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce were sealed beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Spring.

• Yao Ming recognized Xiao Yan’s strength and chose not to oppose him, but Yao Ce tried to flee after Xiao Yan attacked him with an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan saw through Yao Ce’s clones and blasted his real body, leaving him gravely injured and unable to fight.
• Yao Xiaotian begged Yao Ming for help, but Yao Ming refused, and Xiao Yan’s group suppressed Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce with poison, Qing Lin’s pupils, and Xiao Yan’s soul illusion.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Yan the Yellow Spring Blood Crystals and agreed to show his group the tribe’s resources and sacred lands in exchange for sparing the rest of the tribe.
• Cai Lin and the Snake-People Race celebrated their return to their homeland, and Cai Lin thanked and kissed Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and the Flame Alliance negotiated with Yao Ming for control of most of the Yellow Spring Mountain Range and gained access to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet. Xiao Yan entered its inheritance trial and confronted the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s remnant soul, meeting Yellow Spring Sky Fury with his Asura Soul Severing Technique.

• Yao Ming offered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet’s inheritance in exchange for a safe territory and resources for the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe.
• Cai Lin agreed that the tribe could keep the Nether Serpent Earth Vein while the Flame Alliance received the rest of the Yellow Spring Mountain Range, the Nine Serene Yellow Spring, and the tablet.
• Yao Ming explained that Yellow Spring Sky Fury required a Heavenly Soul and that the tablet’s final trial also guarded the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s essence blood.
• Xiao Yan entered the tablet’s inheritance space and easily passed the Yellow Spring Finger and Yellow Spring Palm trials.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s remnant soul unleashed Yellow Spring Sky Fury, and Xiao Yan answered with his Asura Soul Severing Technique, empowered by the Hun Clan’s Clan Mark.

Xiao Yan completed the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s trial, gained Yellow Spring Sky Wrath and Half-Emperor essence blood, then helped Cai Lin decide how to handle the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s territorial demand. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan learning of the clan’s Azure Sky World and becoming interested in it.

• Xiao Yan shattered Yellow Spring Sky Wrath, received its cultivation method and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s essence blood, and watched the remnant soul and inheritance space disappear.
• Xiao Yan awoke after ten days, shared some essence blood with Qing Lin, and learned that Xiao Yi Xian was studying the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal while Cai Lin oversaw her people’s relocation.
• The Flame Alliance destroyed the Heaven Nether Sect, Yao Ming reclaimed leadership of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, and the Snake-People Empire took command of the snake clans.
• Xiao Yan advised Cai Lin to let the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan manage one-third of the Yellow Spring Mountain Range until the Flame Alliance grew strong enough to reclaim it.
• Eagle Phoenix led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s delegation to negotiate, and Xiao Yan learned that its Azure Sky World surpassed the Nine Serene Yellow Spring.

Xiao Yan prepared Cai Lin to cultivate in the Nine Serene Yellow Spring, giving her pills, Yellow Spring Demon Saint's Essence Blood, and three Heavenly Flames before she entered the lake. Meanwhile, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's envoys discussed their growing power and the possibility of temporarily replacing Jiu Feng as young clan leader.

• Xiao Yan judged that he lacked time to refine the Bodhi Heart and Yellow Spring Demon Saint's Essence Blood before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared, and he investigated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's influence before approaching the Nine Serene Yellow Spring with Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin the Bodhi Great Return Pill, Yellow Spring Demon Saint's Essence Blood, and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Nine Dragons Thunder Flame to aid her cultivation.
• Cai Lin kissed Xiao Yan, warned him not to die while she was away, then transformed into a Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python and plunged into the Nine Serene Yellow Spring to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan left Qing Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Cai in the Yellow Spring Mountain Range to guard Cai Lin, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan party stopped at an inn near the range.
• Eagle Phoenix told the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members that Jiu Feng was likely inheriting the Bodhi Heart inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree and that the clan might select a temporary young clan leader in his absence.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after learning about its Azure Sky World, intending to use its fire-based body-tempering grounds. Disguised as the Tenth Tian Zun, he watched Feng Qing'er emerge from seclusion, and the chapter ended as clan disciples attacked him after she sensed something familiar about him.

• Eagle Phoenix warned the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan disciples that Feng Qing'er would likely become the next young clan leader and urged them to earn entry to the Azure Sky World.
• Xiao Yan, disguised as a waiter, overheard that the Azure Sky World was a fire-attributed body-tempering realm and decided to infiltrate the clan's territory.
• After Eagle Phoenix led the clan group home, Xiao Yan used Mao Wu's Nihility Devouring Flame to break through the ancestral land's seals and entered wearing the Tenth Tian Zun's Soul Robe.
• Feng Qing'er left her secluded cultivation and sensed an uneasy familiarity when she noticed the black-robed Xiao Yan in the plaza.
• Huang He and other clan disciples confronted Xiao Yan, and a Nine Star Dou Ancestor youth attacked him as Feng Qing'er watched.

Xiao Yan’s appearance at the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan triggered a clash, but Feng Qing’er intervened and escorted him away. He asked to use the clan’s body-tempering grounds and offered her a Bodhi Seed in exchange, leaving Feng Qing’er struggling before she finally admitted she wanted it.

• Xiao Yan’s Wind Fury Dragon Flame storm shattered Huang He’s Demon Phoenix Bell and severed his arms, while Feng Qing’er recognized Xiao Yan and panicked.
• Several Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Elders arrived to seize Xiao Yan, but Feng Qing’er blocked them and claimed he was her invited friend.
• The Elders punished Huang He and the others for attacking the Holy Maiden’s guest, then mistook Xiao Yan for Feng Qing’er’s lover and praised their supposed relationship.
• Feng Qing’er took Xiao Yan to her palace, where he revealed himself and asked to borrow the Azure Sky World’s body-tempering grounds.
• Feng Qing’er offered him free access, but Xiao Yan showed her a Bodhi Seed; she ultimately admitted that she wanted it.

Xiao Yan entered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Azure Sky World and began refining the Bodhi Heart in the Phoenix Nest’s Flame Vortex. A year and a half later, Feng Qing’er learned that her clan planned to help the Three Great Dragon Kings attack East Dragon Island and seize the Dragon Queen’s Dragon Phoenix Bloodline.

• Xiao Yan gave Feng Qing’er a Bodhi Seed, then had her lead him into the Azure Sky World.
• Xiao Yan climbed into the Phoenix Nest’s Flame Vortex, removed his Heavenly Flame protection, and began cultivating with the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s Essence Blood to refine the Bodhi Heart.
• During Xiao Yan’s year and a half of cultivation, the Flame Alliance remained at peace, the Heaven Nether Sect was disbanded and replaced by the Misty Cloud Sect, and the Flower Sect joined the alliance.
• Feng Qing’er rose to the equivalent of a human Six-Star Dou Zun and learned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would help the Three Great Dragon Kings attack East Dragon Island.
• Feng Qing’er realized the siege would target East Dragon Island, where the Dragon Queen possessed the Dragon Phoenix Bloodline coveted by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Feng Qing'er tried to warn the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan against attacking East Dragon Island, but Huang Tian insisted that the clan keep the Ancient Void Dragon Clan divided. After refining the Bodhi Heart and Yellow Spring Demon Saint's Essence Blood, Xiao Yan reached the Two-Star Dou Saint Late Stage and headed toward East Dragon Island, where he sensed the Void Thunder Pool.

• Feng Qing'er told the Three Phoenixes that East Dragon Island was connected to Xiao Yan and the Flame Alliance, and that Jiu Feng had likely been killed by Xiao Yan.
• Huang Tian appeared as an avatar and ordered the clan to support whichever side would keep the Ancient Void Dragon Clan divided; the Three Phoenixes left, while Feng Qing'er was confined to the clan.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the Bodhi Heart and Yellow Spring Demon Saint's Essence Blood, reaching the Two-Star Dou Saint Late Stage.
• Xiao Yan visited the Yellow Spring Mountain Range, found Cai Lin still in seclusion, and spent several days with Xiao Xiao and Xiao Cai.
• Xiao Yan traveled across the Beast Domain toward East Dragon Island and sensed the Void Thunder Pool, deciding to investigate its depths.

Xiao Yan entered the Void Thunder Pool to gather lightning for Heavenly Thunder Pearls, but encountered sentient Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning and was blasted back. Meanwhile, Zhu Li and the East Dragon Island elders wondered why the Three Dragon Islands had vanished after agreeing to submit to Zi Yan.

• Xiao Yan entered the Void Thunder Pool, hoping to find a Heavenly Thunder Pearl and considering moving the thunder pool into the Xiao Realm.
• Xiao Yan summoned Mao Wu, which swallowed Black Demon Lightning and refined it into small Heavenly Thunder Pearls as they traveled deeper into the pool.
• After seven days, Xiao Yan discovered a colossal sentient Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning in the shape of a Golden Dragon.
• The Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning attacked Xiao Yan, who unleashed his defenses and Flame Emperor Seal but was blasted out of the pool.
• Xiao Yan left the Void Thunder Pool injured and humiliated, though he had collected several Heavenly Thunder Pearls.
• At East Dragon Island, Zhu Li and the elders discussed how the Three Dragon Islands had sealed themselves away after Zi Yan demanded they return to the Dragon Emperor's rule.

Zi Yan struggled with the burdens of ruling the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and reunited with Xiao Yan, who refused to take her place as Dragon Emperor. Their private moment ended when the Three Great Dragon Kings and their allies besieged East Dragon Island, and Xiao Yan prepared to face them.

• East Dragon Island's elders learned that the South and West Dragon Kings had sent envoys to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, raising fears of an alliance against Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan refused to call on Xiao Yan for help, but Xiao Yan arrived and told her not to treat him like an outsider.
• Zi Yan dismissed the elders, took Xiao Yan to a mountain peak, and complained about her duties as Dragon Emperor while enjoying the Bodhi Seed candies he had brought.
• Zi Yan suggested marrying Xiao Yan so he could become Dragon Emperor, but he rejected the idea, and she clung to him in her former tiny form.
• The Great Elder and Second Elder watched Zi Yan happily embrace Xiao Yan before alarms sounded as East Dragon Island was sealed off by a vast force.
• The South, West, and North Dragon Kings arrived with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, accused East Dragon Island of rebellion, and demanded the false Dragon Emperor; Xiao Yan faced the besieging forces.

Zi Yan revealed her power as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor and began fighting the Three Dragon Kings as the Dragon Islands descended into war. Xiao Yan persuaded Yao Ming to consider supporting East Dragon Island by offering the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe the Ancient Heavenly Serpent Essence Blood and territory in the Yellow Spring Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan offered to help Zi Yan fight one Dragon King, but she refused and revealed that she was a Four-Star Dou Saint.
• Zi Yan unleashed her Dragon Emperor might, compelling East Dragon Island’s clansmen to bow and frightening the Three Dragon Islands’ warriors and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The North Dragon King denounced Zi Yan as an impostor and urged his warriors to fight, while Great Elder confronted elders who had sided with the Three Dragon Kings.
• Zi Yan attacked the Three Dragon Kings, and the ensuing battle drew in East Dragon Island and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan spotted Yao Ming and learned the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe had joined the invaders for Ancient Heavenly Serpent Essence Blood.
• Xiao Yan offered Yao Ming the Essence Blood, land occupied by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and friendly relations in exchange for helping East Dragon Island defeat the Three Dragon Islands.

Xiao Yan persuaded Yao Ming to bring the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe to East Dragon Island’s aid, then revealed his strength and fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Three Phoenixes. He shattered their formation and followed their defensive counter with Yellow Spring Palm, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yao Ming learned that Xiao Yan was a Two-Star Dou Saint Late Stage and ordered the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe to support East Dragon Island.
• Yao Ming said Zi Yan had promised him Ancient Heavenly Serpent Essence Blood, while the Three Dragon Islands realized Xiao Yan of the Flame Alliance was involved.
• Xiao Yan offered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan a deal as a Ninth Grade Alchemist, but Feng and the others refused because they wanted Zi Yan stopped from unifying Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his aura, revealed his Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor, and broke the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes’ Kun Phoenix Leaping Sky Formation with one punch.
• The Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes summoned their Ancestor Soul and blocked Xiao Yan’s Yellow Spring Finger with the Demon Phoenix Bell.
• Xiao Yan struck the Demon Phoenix Bell with Yellow Spring Palm, a Heaven Rank Intermediate Dou Technique.