Chapter Summaries

Yao Lao refined the Soul Awakening Breakthrough Pill’s remaining energy and reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection, then rejoined the Dan Tower Great Elder Council. After preparing at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian set out for the Space Trade Fair to pursue the final map fragment to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Yuan sealed Old Freak Hou away from the pill’s residual energy while Yao Lao continued cultivating under its effects.
• After a month of spreading soul pressure and two more days of waiting, Yao Lao’s crystal-like soul manifestation awakened and reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• The Dan Tower Great Elder invited Yao Lao back onto the Great Elder Council, and Yao Lao accepted; Old Freak Hou withdrew to seclusion.
• Xiao Yuan, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan spent time preparing at Starfall Pavilion, where their pill lightning was intercepted and absorbed.
• After resting from their seclusion, Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao departed with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian for the Space Trade Fair.
• The chapter described the fair as a high-end gathering in a northeastern Central State desert, jointly maintained by the Di Xing Sect, Kong Xuan Gate, and Jian Bao Mountain.

Xiao Yuan and his group entered the Space Trade Fair and explored its stalls, where Xiao Yuan traded a Rank 8 pill for a Seven-Colored Ore that proved to be Eight-Colored Ore. After Cai Lin revealed the ore’s hidden color, Yao Lao led the group toward the fair’s true treasures, while a faint ninth pattern appeared on the stored stone.

• Yao Lao led Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian through the desert to the Space Trade Fair’s spatial entrance.
• The group entered Space Town and browsed a street of rare techniques, pills, and other treasures without finding a worthwhile trade.
• Cai Lin spotted a Seven-Colored Ore, and Xiao Yuan exchanged a Rank 8 pill with Five-Colored Pill Tribulation Lightning for it.
• Cai Lin used her blood to reveal that the stone was Eight-Colored Ore, a rare form known through the Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline.
• Yao Lao led the group onward to see the fair’s true treasures, and a faint ninth pattern appeared on the ore after Cai Lin stored it.

Xiao Yuan and his companions attended a Space Trade Fair presided over by Treasure Mountain Old Man, where they traded for rare treasures and waited for a map fragment connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The fragment appeared as the second-to-last item, drawing Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao’s attention.

• Yao Lao led Xiao Yuan, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan into a concealed hall, where they waited among cloaked attendees for the Space Trade Fair to begin.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man appeared and opened the fair by trading a pair of Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings for a Rank 8 Pill that had undergone Four-Colored Pill Tribulation Lightning.
• A Low-Level Heaven Rank Dou Technique called Vajra Glazed Body drew several offers, and its owner selected one bidder; Xiao Yuan secretly marked the buyer to investigate later.
• Xiao Yuan used two Rank 8 Pills that had undergone Five-Colored Pill Tribulation Lightning to obtain the Heaven Nether Poison Scripture for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man presented an ancient parchment as the second-to-last item, and Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao recognized it as their target.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao competed for a map fragment linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but a mysterious Half-Saint-level man won it with a Nine-Colored Pill. Treasure Mountain Old Man then announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Barren Ancient Domain, and Yao Lao led Xiao Yuan and the others back to Starfall Pavilion after secretly taking the map from its new owner.

• Treasure Mountain Old Man auctioned a map fragment connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xiao Yan recognized it as one matching his three fragments.
• Yao Lao and a gaunt black-robed man raised the bids until the man offered a pill with Nine-Colored Pill Tribulation Lightning and won the map.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yuan that the winning bidder was an old rival, and Xiao Yuan secretly placed a Soul Seal on him as they let him leave with the fragment.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Barren Ancient Domain, a deadly region on Central State’s northeastern border.
• Yao Lao decided they should pursue the Bodhi Ancient Tree after first reclaiming the map fragment, then returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yuan and the others after dealing with the bidder.

Xiao Yan completed the Ancient Map and discovered that it revealed when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend, while a remnant of the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s Soul Strength entered his brow. Yao Lao warned that Xiao Yan needed to reach Dou Saint within three years, and Xiao Yan realized he might use the Bodhi Ancient Tree to improve.

• Yao Lao returned the final map fragment to Xiao Yan and gave Xiao Yuan the Vajra Glazed Body scroll.
• Xiao Yan assembled the Ancient Map and used his Heavenly Flame to reveal a message predicting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent during a Heavenly Tide in three years.
• The map’s demonic lotus pattern entered Xiao Yan’s brow, and Xiao Yuan identified the foreign presence as a remnant of an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Yan learned the remnant was connected to the Purification Lotus Demon Saint, the ancient master of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to reach Dou Saint within three years, and Xiao Yan guessed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might help.

Xiao Yuan cultivated the Vajra Glazed Body and successfully refined the Yangming Dry Metal Qi while Central State waited for the Bodhi Ancient Tree to appear. After its emergence was confirmed, Yao Lao sent Xiao Yuan to lead the group into the Barren Ancient Domain, and Xiao Yuan agreed to leave immediately.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the Bodhi Ancient Tree and its Bodhi Heart offered his best chance to reach Dou Sheng within three years.
• Xiao Yuan entered seclusion to cultivate the Vajra Glazed Body and use its physical tempering to refine his Yangming Dry Metal Qi.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared in a vision across Central State, stirring factions into action and confirming the information.
• Xiao Yuan emerged from seclusion with the Vajra Glazed Body at nine zhang and the Yangming Dry Metal Qi cultivated, allowing him to break through to Dou Sheng if he obtained enough energy.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yuan that Xiao Yan had left seclusion and assigned Xiao Yuan to lead the group into the Barren Ancient Domain, warning that powerful factions would compete for the Bodhi Heart.
• Xiao Yuan agreed to depart immediately.

Xiao Yuan and his companions entered the Barren Ancient Domain after learning that an earlier expedition had perished, then crossed its deadly poison-mist outskirts using Xiao Yi Xian’s pills and Xiao Yuan’s Heavenly Flames. They reached a vast Heavenly Rift beyond the mist, with the true depths of the domain and their pursuit of the Bodhi Heart ahead.

• Xiao Yuan gathered information in Barren Town and learned that an earlier group, including Dou Zun experts, had died in the Barren Ancient Domain.
• Xiao Yuan led his companions into the forest after waiting for most of the crowd to enter, and they cautiously followed the other travelers.
• Xiao Yi Xian detected rising poison mist and gave the group poison-repelling pills as people ahead began screaming and collapsing.
• Xiao Yuan discovered that tiny poisonous insects had entered their bodies and used Heavenly Flames to burn them out, then cleared a path through the mist.
• Xiao Yuan’s group passed beyond the poison mist and found a vast Heavenly Rift separating them from the mountains of the domain’s true interior.

Xiao Yuan reunited with Yun Yun in the Barren Ancient Domain and learned that an Ancient Demonic Python guarded a valuable blood pool. He went alone to confront it, and the chapter ended with him emerging as a nine-zhang golden giant and tearing at the python.

• Xiao Yuan used the Bodhi Zi to guide his group northwest through the Barren Ancient Domain, relying on his Dragon Phoenix Bloodline to deter fierce beasts.
• Xiao Yuan found Yun Yun and the Flower Sect elders fighting a berserk fierce beast, then killed it with one blow and reunited with Yun Yun.
• Qing Hua Elder told Xiao Yuan that the group was heading toward the Ancient Domain Platform, while Yun Yun warned him about an Ancient Demonic Python along the western route.
• Xiao Yuan learned that the python might have accumulated a Demonic Blood Pool rich in energy and asked Yun Yun to lead him to its territory.
• Xiao Yuan entered the mountain alone, then emerged as a golden giant and seized the Ancient Demonic Python by its tail.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan cultivated in the Demonic Blood Pool, with Xiao Yuan tempering its energy and helping Xiao Yan reach a breakthrough. After Xiao Yan emerged with the Vajra Glazed Body and a stronger aura, Xiao Yuan led the group toward the Ancient Domain Platform.

• Xiao Yuan defeated the Ancient Demonic Python and led the group into its mountain lair to find the Demonic Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan entered the pool to cultivate, while Xiao Yuan used his Heavenly Flames to purify its violent energy.
• Xiao Yuan completed his cultivation, then added the Ancient Demonic Python's essence blood and refined magic core to help Xiao Yan break through.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Nine Stars Dou Zun, unleashed the Vajra Glazed Body, and blasted his way through the mountain to emerge in the sky.
• Xiao Yuan congratulated Xiao Yan, tore open the void, and took the group toward the Ancient Domain Platform.

Xiao Yuan reached the Ancient Domain Platform and killed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members who confronted him. After learning that Hun Yu was organizing the factions to break through the Beast Tide and reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Yuan prepared to join the assault.

• Xiao Yuan led his group to the Ancient Domain Platform, where he spotted Feng Qing'er and the Ancient Clan.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Xiao Yuan, but he crushed the souls of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts and collected their bodies.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yuan that a fierce beast army blocked access to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and warned him that Hun Yu was a dangerous Soul Clan heir with a God Grade Bloodline.
• Xiao Yuan agreed that Hun Yu was dangerous and learned that the gathered factions planned to unite to cross the Beast Tide.
• Hun Yu persuaded most of the gathered fighters to form an alliance and called for them to set out at noon.

Xiao Yuan bypassed the Beast Tide with a Space Channel, killed Hun Yu and his companions, and led his group to the Bodhi Ancient Tree. As they approached its Bodhi Heart, five Half-Saint figures emerged from the tree.

• Xiao Yuan took Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, and the others through a Space Channel while the main force charged into the Beast Tide.
• Xiao Yuan watched Hun Yu’s formation collapse into a brutal battle, then used a Soul Clone to kill Hun Yu and the Hall of Souls experts.
• Xiao Yuan led his group past the Beast Tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where they sensed an obscure danger.
• Xiao Yuan warned everyone about the ancient tree and spotted the Bodhi Heart pulsing inside its trunk.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent down its branches, and five Half-Saint figures emerged as a terrifying pressure spread through the area.

Xiao Yuan destroyed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s five Half-Saint puppets and led the others toward its trunk, where the tree trapped them in separate illusions. He broke free and found the tree showing him a vision of a Dou Di, while Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Yun Yun, and the others remained trapped.

• Xiao Yuan used Heavenly Flames to destroy the five Half-Saint puppets guarding the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yuan sent weaker Flower Sect elders to stay behind, then led the others toward the tree and secretly left a Soul Clone to protect them.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped Xiao Yuan and his companions in light, stripped away their Dou Qi, and transported them into its trunk.
• Xiao Yuan experienced an illusion in which he wielded Nine Star Dou Sheng power to annihilate a Beast Tide, then shattered the fantasy with his Soul Strength.
• Xiao Yuan found a miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree displaying images of his trapped companions and a vision of a figure whose aura identified him as a Dou Di.

Xiao Yuan learned that a dead Dou Emperor’s negative emotions had corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree and agreed to cleanse it in exchange for its Bodhi Zi. After Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan began purifying the tree, it replenished their energy, and Xiao Yuan used his Jueyin Wind Wood Flame to burn away the remaining corruption.

• Xiao Yuan learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s intelligence had been corrupted by the Black-Clothed Dou Emperor’s negative emotions and agreed to help cleanse it with Bodhi Zi.
• Xiao Yuan had the Bodhi Ancient Tree release Xiao Yan from its illusion realm, then gave him ten Bodhi Zi to refine while he refined the rest.
• Xiao Yan’s purified Bodhi Zi removed some black air from the tree, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree restored his energy and expanded his Dou Qi capacity.
• Xiao Yuan refined fourteen Bodhi Zi, then told the Bodhi Ancient Tree he could cleanse it more thoroughly with his Jueyin Wind Wood Flame.
• Xiao Yuan’s Jueyin Wind Wood Flame began burning away the tree’s remaining negative emotions, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped him in emerald energy to replenish him.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled its corrupt black Qi, Xiao Yan emerged from a hundred reincarnation trials as a Nine Stars Dou Zun Peak, while Xiao Yuan remained inside to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Sheng. The others waited with them, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yuan's miniature tree sinking underground as the Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Yan a large number of Bodhi Zi.

• Xiao Yan finished refining the Bodhi Zi as the Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled its last black Qi and recovered its emerald radiance.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree drew the exhausted Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan into its trunk, then pulled Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and the others out of their illusions.
• Xun Er explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree's third treasure could grant enlightenment through a hundred reincarnations, and the group waited and cultivated in its life-rich space for over a month.
• Xiao Yan awoke after completing a hundred trials, reunited with Xun Er, and revealed that he had reached the Nine Stars Dou Zun Peak without breaking through to Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yuan was still cultivating toward Dou Sheng, and Xiao Yuan sent word to Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun to return after he finished.
• Xiao Yuan's miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree sank underground, while the main Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Yan a large number of Bodhi Zi.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree released Xiao Yan and the others, it sank underground with Xiao Yuan, who remained in seclusion with the Bodhi Heart. The Great Heavenly Venerable attacked the group, but Yao Lao and Elder Tongxuan forced him to withdraw; Xiao Yan then prepared to return to Starfall Pavilion and strengthen himself against the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yan distributed the Bodhi Zi among Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, and the others, then entrusted Xiao Yuan’s share to Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled Xiao Yan and the others after their month inside its illusion, then sank underground with Xiao Yuan and the small tree surrounding him.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable appeared and threatened Xiao Yan, but Yao Lao arrived to protect him and learned that Xiao Yuan was pursuing a breakthrough to Dou Sheng.
• Xun Er summoned Elder Tongxuan, and he and Yao Lao confronted the Great Heavenly Venerable until he retreated with threats against Starfall Pavilion.
• Elder Tongxuan took Xun Er and the Ancient Clan group back to the Ancient World, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao prepared to return and Xiao Yan resolved to refine the Bodhi Heart.

During Xiao Yuan's two-year seclusion, Starfall Pavilion grew stronger, Xiao Yan reached the Dou Saint realm, and the Spirit Clan's disappearance stirred suspicion among the Ancient Clans. After reports of attacks on Soul Hall branches, Cai Lin went to support Xiao Yuan, who had appeared near the Great Heavenly Venerable's hideout.

• Xiao Yuan remained in seclusion beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree for nearly two years while Starfall Pavilion expanded and allied with the Flower Sect.
• The Spirit Clan's empty world was discovered, leading the Ancient Clans to suspect the Ancient Clan or Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan for its ancient jade.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after a year and a half as a Dou Saint, while Xiao Yuan's companions advanced their cultivation under Yao Lao's guidance.
• Cai Lin told Yao Lao that ten Soul Hall Earthly Fiend branch halls had been destroyed and suspected Xiao Yuan was responsible.
• Yao Lao sent Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to support Xiao Yuan, giving Cai Lin a ring to use in an emergency.
• Xiao Yuan arrived at the Burial Corpse Mountain Range, identified the Great Heavenly Venerable's spatial barrier, and sealed off the surrounding space.

Xiao Yuan attacked the Hall of Souls’ Human Hall and annihilated its defenders, including Great Heavenly Venerable. He captured the Deputy Hall of Souls Master and prepared to search the ruins for spoils.

• Xiao Yuan entered Human Hall, killed the mist figures guarding it, and burned the Hall of Souls Elders and Protectors with Heavenly Fire Burning Soul.
• Xiao Yuan crushed more than a dozen Heavenly Venerables and defeated Great Heavenly Venerable with nine fire dragons.
• The Deputy Hall of Souls Master emerged and attacked Xiao Yuan, but Xiao Yuan froze and shattered his chains with Soul Strength.
• The Deputy Hall of Souls Master crushed a Space Jade Slip to summon reinforcements, but Xiao Yuan’s Space Turbulence blocked the signal.
• The Deputy Hall of Souls Master tried to flee, but Xiao Yuan froze him, pulled out and sealed his soul in a jade bottle, and stored his corpse.
• Xiao Yuan withdrew the fire sea and turned toward the ruined hall to count the spoils.

After destroying the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, Xiao Yuan refined the recovered Soul Origin and learned that the Nine Nether Yellow Springs held what Cai Lin and Xiao Yan needed before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared. He traveled there with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lian, then overheard Void Ancient Dragon Tribe figures discussing the Three Great Dragon Kings and resolved to help Zi Yan.

• Xiao Yuan freed the souls imprisoned in the Human Hall, recovered their Soul Origin, and vowed to eradicate the Soul Hall and Soul Clan.
• News of the Human Hall’s destruction spread across Central State, and Xiao Yuan gave the refined Soul Awakening Breakthrough Pills to Xiao Yan after completing nine lifetimes of reincarnation and entering the Emperor Realm.
• Yao Lao explained that the Nine Nether Yellow Springs could help Cai Lin evolve and provide the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal for Xiao Yan’s Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill; Xiao Yuan also needed the crystal to complete his Six Qi Transformations.
• Xiao Yuan set out for the Beast Region with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lian, reaching the Nine Nether Abyss in half a day.
• Xiao Yuan overheard Void Ancient Dragon Tribe members mention a Dragon King being dispatched and concluded that he would need to help Zi Yan with the Three Great Dragon Kings.

Xiao Yuan captured and questioned Void Ancient Dragon warriors, learning that the Three Great Dragon Kings had allied with the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan against Zi Yan’s East Dragon Island. He and his companions traveled to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, intending to delay the outside forces before lending Zi Yan help.

• Xiao Yuan used his royal bloodline pressure and Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art to subdue Commander Qin and his group.
• Commander Qin revealed the ancient dragon civil war was at a stalemate and that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had agreed to help the Three Great Dragon Kings in exchange for the captured Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Yuan killed Commander Qin and the others, then decided to visit the Nine Nether Yellow Springs while Zi Yan’s condition remained stable.
• Xiao Yuan explained that he had learned the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art from Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi and traveled with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lian to the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.
• Xiao Yuan brought his companions through the freezing ravine to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Xiao Yi Xian noted they had time because even the tribe members rarely visited.

Xiao Yuan descended to the Bottom of Nine Nether Yellow Springs to find Yellow Springs Blood Crystals and discovered the imprisoned Yao Ming, the former chief of the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe. After learning of Yao Ming’s betrayal by Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, Xiao Yuan sealed Yao Ming’s soul and negotiated his help; Yao Ming revealed he had consumed nearly all the crystals but gave Xiao Yuan three remaining pieces.

• Xiao Yuan entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs while Cai Lin and the other women hid, then fought off swarms of strange snakes with his speed and Emperor Realm Soul Strength.
• Xiao Yuan reached the bottom and found Yao Ming bound by four enormous chains and drained by the Yellow Springs’ frigid power.
• Yao Ming said Yao Xiaotian, his younger brother, had poisoned him, stolen his position as chief, and imprisoned him for hundreds of years with help from the Great Elder.
• Xiao Yuan offered to help Yao Ming in exchange for cooperation, including letting Xiao Yuan’s woman cultivate in the Yellow Springs, and placed a seal in Yao Ming’s soul.
• Yao Ming said he had reached Two Star Dou Sheng strength and described Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder as his main obstacles.
• Yao Ming admitted he had consumed nearly all the Yellow Springs Blood Crystals and handed Xiao Yuan three remaining fist-sized crystals.