Chapter Summaries

Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord tried to recruit Bloodlight Demon Saint by offering him access to the Dark Dragon Clan’s Dragon Soul Secret Realm, where outsiders could gain the cultivation attainments of ancient dragons. Bloodlight Demon Saint was tempted but had not yet accepted when Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord paused to watch his reaction.

• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord questioned whether Bloodlight Demon Saint was content to remain with the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and suggested he could pursue the Demon Immortal Realm.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint asked whether Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord could offer him a chance to reach that realm and said he would obey in return.
• The Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor revealed that his cultivation had advanced to the Eighth Rank Demon Saint Realm after gaining an opportunity in the Dark Dragon Clan’s ancestral grounds.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord explained that the Dragon Soul Secret Realm allowed outsiders to try to gain recognition from ancient dragon ancestors and absorb their remnant souls’ cultivation attainments.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord suggested Bloodlight Demon Saint could gain more from the secret realm than the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor, then waited for his response.

Bloodlight Demon Saint revealed that he had reached the peak Ninth Rank of Demon Saint and cowed Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancient Ancestor into accepting his terms. He left with a promise of one move for the Dark Dragon Clan in exchange for access to the Dragon Soul Secret Realm and ancient dragon blood.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint confronted Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancient Ancestor with his Ninth Rank Demon Saint cultivation.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancient Ancestor panicked and tried to calm Bloodlight Demon Saint, who warned them about the Dark Dragon Clan's vulnerable position.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord offered to let Bloodlight Demon Saint enter the Dragon Soul Secret Realm and obtain ancient dragon blood if he made one move for the Dark Dragon Clan.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint withdrew his pressure after the two accepted his terms, and Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord agreed that the offer was voluntary.

Ao Mingyue confronted Qing Zhantian after he threatened her, then overwhelmed him despite his Dark Dragon Clan techniques and defenses. She left Qing Zhantian badly injured, showing that her strength had grown beyond that of Demon Saints at her level.

• Ao Mingyue slapped Qing Zhantian away after he challenged her, shocking the Dark Dragon Clan members and Longevity, the Man in Black.
• Qing Zhantian threatened to suppress Ao Mingyue and make her his slave, then attacked with his dragon aura and Dark Dragon Fist.
• Ao Mingyue shattered Qing Zhantian’s attacks with her True Dragon Bloodline and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Ao Mingyue struck Qing Zhantian in the chest again, leaving him bleeding and battered as she dismissed his strength.

The Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord arrived after Ao Mingyue defeated Qing Zhantian and used his authority to suppress her companions. He accused her of breaking Dark Dragon Clan law and reached to seize her True Dragon Bloodline, leaving her facing the Dragon Lord's overwhelming power.

• Ao Jianlie recognized the Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord as Qing Zhantian's father, and Qing Zhantian begged him to punish Ao Mingyue.
• The Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord healed Qing Zhantian, then unleashed his pressure and forced Ao Jianlie, another Jiaolong Clan man, and Longevity to their knees.
• The Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord declared that Ao Mingyue had violated clan law and threatened to extract her True Dragon Bloodline and cripple her cultivation.
• Ao Mingyue resisted with her True Dragon Bloodline and prepared to destroy it rather than let the Dragon Lord take it.
• Longevity told the Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord that Ao Mingyue's group were guests of the Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan's ancestor was present, but the Dragon Lord dismissed the warning and summoned a black dragon claw against her.

The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord tried to settle the dispute between Qing Zhantian and Ao Mingyue, but the Bloodlight Demon Saint and Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord both rejected his compromise. The Bloodlight Demon Saint prepared to fight, determined to protect Ao Mingyue and warn the Dark Dragon Clan against coveting her True Dragon Bloodline.

• The Bloodlight Demon Saint demanded an explanation from the Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord, and Longevity recounted how Qing Zhantian had provoked Ao Mingyue and been defeated.
• The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord weighed the danger of alienating the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and its powerful backer.
• The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord offered Qing Zhantian Sacred Spirit Liquid and proposed extending the juniors’ time in the Dragon Transformation Pool to settle the matter.
• The Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord demanded an explanation for Ao Mingyue injuring Qing Zhantian, while the Bloodlight Demon Saint refused to let the incident go.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint challenged the Dark Dragon Clan to fight, intent on protecting Ao Mingyue and deterring anyone who coveted her True Dragon Bloodline.

The Bloodlight Demon Saint fought the Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord in Dragon City, revealing that the first opponent he destroyed was only an avatar. After overpowering the Dragon Lord’s fire secret art, he pierced him with a Blood Qi sword, leaving the conflict on the brink of further escalation.

• The Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord shattered the Bloodlight Demon Saint’s apparent body with a chained, powerful punch, but the Bloodlight Demon Saint reappeared and revealed it had been an avatar.
• The Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord attacked again with blazing flames as Ao Jianlie, Ao Mingyue, Qin Gu, the Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord, and the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor watched and assessed the danger.
• The Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor warned that the Bloodlight Demon Saint might have developed killing intent and that the dispute would be difficult to resolve peacefully.
• The Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord unleashed a gigantic fire dragon, but the Bloodlight Demon Saint’s crimson figure shattered it with a single punch.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint sent a Blood Qi flying sword through the Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord’s protective demon power and pinned him in midair.

The Bloodlight Demon Saint refused to spare Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord, even after Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and the Black Demon Jiaolong Patriarch intervened. Azure-Scaled’s father arrived and challenged the Bloodlight Demon Saint, who threatened the Dark Dragon Clan with an alliance of rival royal clans.

• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and the Black Demon Jiaolong Patriarch stopped the Bloodlight Demon Saint’s sword and pleaded for Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord’s life.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint rejected their pleas, sent them flying, and prepared to kill Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord.
• A silver-haired Dark Dragon Clan patriarch appeared and halted the sword just before it struck Azure-Scaled.
• The patriarch asked the Bloodlight Demon Saint to spare his son, but the two peak Demon Saints’ auras clashed as the Bloodlight Demon Saint insisted Azure-Scaled must die.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint warned that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and two other royal clans could threaten the Dark Dragon Clan, then challenged its elders to appear.

The Dragon Lord appeared with the Dragon Pearl and revealed that the Dark Dragon Clan's ancestors had chosen to abandon the Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord in order to appease the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan. The Azure Flame Ancestor withdrew, but the Bloodlight Demon Saint challenged the Dragon Lord over the clan's treatment of his people.

• The Dragon Pearl appeared, and the Bloodlight Demon Saint recognized its power while the Azure Flame Ancestor demanded an explanation for why it had not been used to save his descendant.
• The Dragon Lord emerged from the Dragon Pearl and said the Dragon Nest ancestors had unanimously judged the Azure-Scaled Dragon Lord's death the best outcome for provoking the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.
• The Azure Flame Ancestor, unable to avenge his descendant or defeat the Bloodlight Demon Saint, threatened him and left with Qing Zhantian.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint confronted the Dragon Lord, accusing the Dark Dragon Clan of targeting his people and demanding that the matter not be dismissed.
• The Dragon Lord warned the Bloodlight Demon Saint to stop, while its words showed the clan was wary of Lin Fan's protection of the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.

Ao Mingyue and her companions traveled through Dragon City toward the Dragon Transformation Pool, protected by their ancestor’s reputation. Longevity explained the pool’s three levels and dangers, and told them that the previously unknown Fu Feng had reached the deepest level and remained there.

• Ao Jianlie remarked that the Dark Dragon Clan members seemed wary, and Ao Mingyue explained they feared her ancestor’s strength.
• Qin Gu asked whether entering the Dragon Transformation Pool would let them become dragonfolk, and Longevity warned that the transformation carried great risks.
• Longevity described the pool’s three levels, explaining that its Dragon Transformation Blood Qi grew purer and more dangerous at each level.
• Longevity recounted how he had nearly suffered a backlash when he tried to reach the second level and said only true prodigies could enter it.
• Longevity told Ao Mingyue and the others that Fu Feng had awakened a Primordial Ancient Dragon bloodline, reached the third level, and was expected to become a Dragon Lord.

Ao Mingyue overcame the Dragon Transformation Pool’s illusion and began refining its Blood Qi alongside Ao Jianlie and Qin Gu. She entered the pool’s deeper second layer, where the denser power began to crack her flesh.

• Ao Jianlie and Qin Gu entered the pool but became trapped in illusions, and Ao Mingyue recognized the danger before joining them.
• Ao Mingyue defeated an illusion of Dark Dragon Clan members by unleashing her True Dragon Bloodline.
• After breaking free, Ao Mingyue absorbed the pool’s Blood Qi while Ao Jianlie and Qin Gu escaped their illusions and began refining it.
• Ao Mingyue moved deeper into the pool, using her True Dragon Bloodline to repel the dragon phantoms and reach its second layer.
• The second layer’s denser Dragon Transformation Blood Qi poured into Ao Mingyue and cracked her flesh.

Lin Fan mastered the Nebula Sword Canon to proficiency and sensed its potential to wield vast nebula power. In his Inner Landscape Space, Ghost Mother Wuji broke through to the Ghost Saint Realm, and Lin Fan gave her the Wuji Sail as her natal artifact.

• Lin Fan absorbed nebula power and advanced his Nebula Sword Canon to proficiency.
• Lin Fan inspected his cultivation panel and realized the sword canon could eventually summon enough power to threaten even stronger opponents.
• Lin Fan sensed an energy fluctuation in his Inner Landscape Space and found that Ghost Mother Wuji had broken through to the Ghost Saint Realm.
• Lin Fan offered the Wuji Sail to Ghost Mother Wuji as her natal artifact, and she accepted and began refining it.

The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix crossed deadly void currents and reached the Meteor Star Sea while searching for the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest. Nearby, Bai Sanlang argued with a faceless Longevity Clan leader over their search and the terms of their alliance.

• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix braved violent void currents and continued its search because the ancient nest could help it recover its divinity.
• After enduring severe pulling forces, the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix reached the Meteor Star Sea and sensed an aberrant energy nearby.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix concealed its aura and flew toward the deepest part of the Meteor Star Sea.
• Bai Sanlang told the faceless man that the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox clan had agreed only to provide coordinates, not to scout the way.
• The faceless man reminded Bai Sanlang that his clan had sought the alliance and threatened to withdraw the Longevity Clan's divine statue power if they failed to find the hidden land.

The faceless man used a True Phoenix Eye to open the entrance to the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest, but the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix attacked the Eerie Lineage intruders and demanded that they leave. The Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox Clan witnessed the confrontation as the ancient nest’s guardian moved to protect its secret realm.

• Bai Sanlang warned the faceless man that entering the hidden land required a Phoenix Clan token, but the faceless man revealed a True Phoenix Eye.
• The faceless man activated the True Phoenix Eye and opened the spatial gateway inside the crater.
• A massive claw struck the aberrants, killing one and badly injuring others.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix descended and ordered the Eerie Lineage intruders to leave the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest.

The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix fought two Longevity Clan experts who had fused into a strange black figure and nearly subdued it with the Dark River. It resisted with the divine power of an ancient beast, but the black runes began invading its body, leaving its fate uncertain.

• The fused Longevity Clan experts absorbed the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix's flames and sent the Dark River to attack it.
• The river wounded the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix and cut off its escape as a pale palm tried to seize it.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix broke free of the river's influence with a burst of divine radiance and began collapsing the river.
• The black figure disintegrated into runes that pierced the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix's defenses and poured into its body.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix burned itself and struggled, but could not expel the runes.

Lin Fan rescued the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix from Bai Sanlang’s clan, then entered the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest with it. The nest’s core was completely barren, and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix flew deeper to investigate.

• Lin Fan signaled the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, which killed Bai Sanlang and the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox cultivators and swallowed their fleeing Primordial Spirits.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix thanked Lin Fan and confirmed that the secret realm entrance led to the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest.
• Lin Fan and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix traveled to the nest’s core, where the bird warned that ancient safeguards made it dangerous.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix found the nest empty of the treasures it remembered, while Lin Fan sensed that no traces of past life remained.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix shrank and flew deeper into the nest to investigate.

Lin Fan and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix confronted a hidden creature that wielded the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest’s Black Death Annihilation Power. After Lin Fan forced it from hiding, the creature offered True Phoenix divine blood in exchange for their withdrawal.

• Black-gold runes attacked the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix with the nest’s Black Death Annihilation Power, and it struggled to resist.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix sensed the aura of one of its kind and charged into the darkness as the runes formed a thousand-zhang ferocious bird.
• Lin Fan summoned a divine sword and struck the darkness, forcing a three-headed violet-gold bird of prey to emerge.
• The creature revealed its pure Black Phoenix Clan aura, eyed Lin Fan warily, and offered them some True Phoenix divine blood if they withdrew.

Lin Fan defeated the three-headed vicious bird guarding the Netherwind Ancient Nest and searched its soul, learning how it had come to possess Black Phoenix Clan blood and hide the nest’s opportunities. The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix understood the creature’s connection to its clan, while the nest’s remaining fortunes were left undiscovered.

• The three-headed vicious bird attacked Lin Fan with Nether Souls, lightning, and destructive black smoke, but Lin Fan erased all three attacks with a sword strike.
• The bird tried to flee, but Lin Fan caught it, searched its soul, and destroyed it.
• Lin Fan told the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix that the bird had arisen from a thread of evil intent connected to its clan and had fused with divine beast remains to find the ancient nest.
• Lin Fan said the bird had hidden the nest’s opportunities and fortunes, which might have made it formidable if it had refined them for another hundred years.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix understood why the bird carried its clan’s bloodline aura, and Lin Fan slashed his sword toward a certain direction.

Lin Fan claimed the True Phoenix Divine Blood and other treasures in the ancient nest, giving some of the blood and demon cores to Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix. When Lin Fan began refining the remaining blood, the True Phoenix’s will confronted him in a ruined battlefield.

• Lin Fan suppressed the True Phoenix phantom and separated several drops of divine blood for Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix to refine.
• Lin Fan stored the powerful phoenix feather in his Inner Landscape Space and gave the demon cores to Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, which fully acknowledged him as its master.
• Lin Fan found no cultivation techniques or divine abilities, set a formation, summoned the Black Jade Qilin, and began refining the True Phoenix Divine Blood.
• The True Phoenix’s will drew Lin Fan into a ruined battlefield and challenged him for daring to claim the blood’s opportunity.
• Lin Fan declared that neither the True Phoenix’s will nor its true body could stop him, and the enraged True Phoenix intensified its pressure.

Lin Fan used True Phoenix divine blood to advance his cultivation, then helped the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix condense a true physical body and tested whether she would remain by his side. Meanwhile, Ao Mingyue endured the Dragon Transformation Pool’s pressure and pressed toward its core to awaken more of her True Dragon Bloodline.

• Lin Fan stored his remaining True Phoenix divine blood, deciding that refining more would not significantly raise his cultivation.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix refined the divine blood, condensed a true physical body, and thanked Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan offered to let the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix leave, but she chose to remain and obey his commands.
• Ao Mingyue struggled through the third level of the Dragon Transformation Pool, enduring its pressure and the dragon phantoms’ oppressive will.
• Ao Mingyue continued toward the pool’s core, determined to awaken more of her True Dragon Bloodline and keep pace with Lin Fan.

Ao Mingyue, Ao Jianlie, and Qin Gu left the Dragon Transformation Pool and were led to other places of opportunity in Dragon City. Meanwhile, the Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord reported the Dark Dragon Clan’s growing internal and external threats to the Ancient Ancestor.

• Ao Jianlie told Ao Mingyue he had reached the peak of the Ancestral Return Realm, while Qin Gu said he was one minor realm away.
• Ao Mingyue reflected that the Dragon Transformation Pool had awakened six strands of her True Dragon Bloodline and greatly increased her potential.
• Longevity escorted Ao Mingyue, Ao Jianlie, and Qin Gu toward the Dragon Bone Stele Forest and the Dragon Clan Secret Hall at the Ancient Ancestor’s request.
• Dark Dragon Clan experts discussed Ao Mingyue’s potential and warned that the clan could not risk provoking another powerful faction amid its uncertain position.
• The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord told the Ancient Ancestor that enemy spies remained hidden in Dragon City and that some clansmen were contacting rival clans or plotting to replace him, then knelt before the Ancient Ancestor.