Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan decided to seek the dangerous Ten Thousand Dragons Nest for the ancient dragon race’s law inheritances, with the Primordial Ancient Dragon agreeing to help him. After Lin Fan left, the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix warned the dragon against pursuing hidden schemes, while a little girl lounged contentedly in Lin Fan’s cave mansion.

• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix warned Lin Fan that no experts who had investigated the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest had returned alive, but Lin Fan insisted on going for its law inheritances.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon cut off the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix and promised to help Lin Fan find the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.
• Lin Fan left with the Black Jade Qilin, and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix accused the Primordial Ancient Dragon of having ulterior motives and warned him not to betray their master.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon silently watched the direction Lin Fan had gone and murmured about the ancient dragon race.
• A little girl relaxed in Lin Fan’s cave mansion, eating a spiritual fruit after finishing her self-appointed cleaning chores.

After half a month of secluded cultivation, Lin Fan used lifespan to advance the Nebula Sword Canon to perfection and chose to pre-emptively raise the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger to major achievement. Meanwhile, Ruo Xuan shared jade spirit fruits with Black Jade Qilin, who quietly accepted them.

• Ruo Xuan offered Black Jade Qilin a jade spirit fruit, and he tasted it after she insisted.
• Ruo Xuan gave Black Jade Qilin all her remaining spirit fruits, pleased to find someone who enjoyed their flavor.
• Lin Fan reflected on the lifespan he had gained from copying texts and spent more to perfect the Nebula Sword Canon, consolidating his Sword Dao Law.
• Lin Fan agreed to spend two thousand years of lifespan to advance the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger to major achievement and received its profound insights.

Lin Yao cultivated the Myriad Demon Body-Tempering Art in Lin Fan’s Inner Landscape Space and asked the Primal Divine Statue for guidance. She recognized his bloodline potential and gave him a blood-red crystal containing refined essence from a supreme demon-path expert she had slain.

• Lin Yao strengthened his body through repeated cultivation until ancient golden demon inscriptions appeared beneath his skin.
• The Primal Divine Statue praised the avatar’s cultivation method and explained that its recent creation made rapid progress difficult.
• The statue judged Lin Yao’s bloodline potential and aptitude exceptional compared with ordinary Demon Cultivator clans.
• The statue revealed a blood-red crystal whose essence instinctively drew Lin Yao toward it.
• The statue offered Lin Yao the crystal, explaining that it came from a supreme demon-path expert she had slain and contained no divinity she could absorb.

Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix and the Primordial Ancient Dragon both asked Lin Fan to accompany him to the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, but he said one of them had to stay behind to guard the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan. Their competing claims escalated toward a fight before Lin Fan could decide who would go.

• Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix and the Primordial Ancient Dragon asked Lin Fan to let them accompany him to the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.
• Lin Fan said one of them had to remain behind because the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan needed protection from the Dark Dragon Clan.
• Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix argued that her strength and secret arts made her the better companion, while the Primordial Ancient Dragon cited his ancient dragon heritage and knowledge of the Nest.
• Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix challenged the Primordial Ancient Dragon to fight for the chance to accompany Lin Fan, and they released their opposing auras.
• Ruo Xuan watched in confusion as Black Jade Qilin stayed silent, and a calm voice rang out just as the two were about to fight.

Lin Fan and his companions traveled toward the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest after the Primordial Ancient Dragon warned that its map pointed to the ancient territory of the Otherfolk. Meanwhile, the Bloodlight Demon Saint sat in Dragon City, overseeing the weakened Dark Dragon Clan.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon studied the map and told Lin Fan that the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest was an independent world, and its marked location had once belonged to the Otherfolk.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon suggested the entrance might have been moved there by a later dragon expert, and Lin Fan ordered the group to investigate the land of chaos.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon accelerated the dragon-shaped warship, and it left the Demon Kingdom after half a day.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint sat in the Dark Dragon Clan's grand hall, irritated as he oversaw the clan after more than half its Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan members had been slaughtered.

Spirit-Devouring Clan envoy Gu Li pressured City Lord Luo Yuan to hand over the Spirit Vein Dragonkin Saintess, threatening the clan if he refused. When Tang Yun offered other women instead, Gu Li humiliated him, and Gou Feng angrily spoke up.

• Gu Li warned Luo Yuan that the Spirit-Devouring Clan would strip him of his position and drive his clan from the Soulbreak Mountains unless they accepted their Clan Leader’s proposal.
• Luo Yuan suppressed his anger and remained silent as Gu Li demanded the Saintess.
• Tang Yun explained that the Saintess was already betrothed and offered other women from the clan instead.
• Gu Li rebuked Tang Yun for interrupting and humiliated him before the clan’s leaders.
• Gou Feng shouted at Gu Li for going too far.

Luo Yuan let Gu Li leave after he threatened to destroy the city unless the Saintess was handed over within three days. He planned to send the Saintess and several clansmen away to protect the clan’s secret mission, but news arrived that a massive flying warship had reached the city.

• Gu Li gave Luo Yuan three days to deliver the Saintess to the Spirit-Devouring Clan, threatening to destroy the city and its clansmen otherwise.
• Luo Yuan told the grieving clansmen that fighting the Spirit-Devouring Clan would lead to their destruction, and Tang Yun dismissed everyone from the hall.
• Tang Yun suspected a traitor had revealed the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan’s greatest secret to the Spirit-Devouring Clan.
• Luo Yuan admitted he had been too softhearted in the past and ordered Tang Yun to take the Saintess and several outstanding clansmen away that night.
• A young Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant reported that a massive flying warship had arrived outside the city.

Lin Fan brought Ruo Xuan and his companions to the land of the alien races, where Spirit Vein Dragonkin ambushed their warship. The attackers tried to break its defensive formation as the ship descended.

• Ruo Xuan woke aboard the warship and sensed an unpleasant aura in the mist below.
• Black Jade Qilin told Ruo Xuan that Lin Fan had brought them to the land of the alien races.
• Lin Fan refused to explain their purpose and watched the mist as the warship descended.
• A scaled arm struck at the ship, but an invisible defensive barrier stopped it.
• A Spirit Vein Dragonkin spotted the warship and ordered his companions to attack and seize it.
• Five Spirit Vein Dragonkin emerged from the mist and launched a fierce assault on the warship.

Lin Fan learned that the marked site in the Soulbreak Mountains belonged to the Spirit Vein Dragonkin, a clan possibly connected to the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest. As more dragonkin arrived to confront him, the clan’s subdued members saw hope of rescue.

• Lin Fan used his voice to make Wu Yong reveal the Spirit Vein Dragonkin’s history and the dangers of the Soulbreak Mountains, while an elder who tried to stop him was struck unconscious.
• Lin Fan verified Wu Yong’s account by probing his memories and considered whether the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest lay within the clan’s territory.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon recognized traces of ancient dragon blood in the clan and agreed that the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest was likely connected to them.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon offered to scout the clan, but Lin Fan sensed that its members were already approaching.
• The fog churned as Spirit Vein Dragonkin emerged from every direction, and the captives rejoiced at the sight of their clansmen.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon confronted Luo Yuan, the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan’s city lord, over the captured clansmen. After Luo Yuan threatened the outsiders, the Primordial Ancient Dragon stepped down from the warship to challenge the clan.

• Lin Fan signaled the Primordial Ancient Dragon to answer the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan’s demand to release their clansmen.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon asked who led the clan, and Luo Yuan introduced himself as its city lord.
• Luo Yuan accused the outsiders of trespassing and taking clansmen, then threatened to kill them unless they released the captives and left the Soulbreak Mountains.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon mocked Luo Yuan’s threat and stepped off the warship to confront the clan.

Luo Yuan challenged the Primordial Ancient Dragon in the Soulbreak Mountains and attacked with the full might of the Spirit Vein Dragonkin. The Primordial Ancient Dragon blocked his strikes, and the two began exchanging devastating blows as the battle continued.

• Spirit Vein Dragonkin clansmen watched as Luo Yuan prepared to fight the Primordial Ancient Dragon, believing their City Lord to be invincible.
• Luo Yuan transformed, revealed his dark golden scales, and warned the Primordial Ancient Dragon to regret challenging him.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon shattered Luo Yuan's opening punch with a golden phantom and dodged the phantom's counterattack.
• Luo Yuan struck from behind with a golden torrent, but the Primordial Ancient Dragon blocked it with an ancient runic barrier.
• Luo Yuan strengthened his body by absorbing energy from heaven and earth, and the Primordial Ancient Dragon met his charge with a powerful counterattack.
• Luo Yuan and the Primordial Ancient Dragon collided repeatedly, blasting apart the ground and tearing through the demonic mist.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon’s breath reduced the valley to magma and left Luo Yuan gravely injured. Luo Yuan survived, but surrendered after recognizing the dragon’s overwhelming power.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon unleashed its dragonfire, turning the valley into a sea of magma and terrifying the Spirit Vein Dragonkin.
• Ruo Xuan asked whether Luo Yuan had died, and Lin Fan confidently said he was still alive.
• Luo Yuan burst out of the magma, badly wounded but alive, prompting shock and relief among his clansmen.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon asked Luo Yuan if he still wanted to fight, and Luo Yuan admitted he would die if they continued.
• Luo Yuan accepted defeat and abandoned his fighting stance, so the Primordial Ancient Dragon stopped attacking.

Lin Fan and the Primordial Ancient Dragon learned that the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendants were an ancient Dragon Clan collateral branch charged with guarding the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest. Luo Yuan recognized Lin Fan's Dragon Pearl as the token of a Dragon Clan envoy, but said the Nest's location could only be revealed through his clan's inherited secrets.

• Lin Fan showed the Dragon Pearl, and Luo Yuan identified it as the Dragon Clan envoy's token.
• Luo Yuan explained that the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendants came from a collateral branch of the ancient Dragon Clan that fled after a great calamity.
• Luo Yuan said his clan had awaited an envoy bearing the Dragon Pearl for generations and recognized the Primordial Ancient Dragon's powerful bloodline.
• Luo Yuan revealed that his clan's mission was to guard the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest and that the Dragon Pearl's arrival would allow its true location to be revealed.
• Luo Yuan asked Lin Fan and the Primordial Ancient Dragon to return with him to the clan grounds, then admitted that even he did not know the Nest's location.

Luo Yuan brought the Dragon Clan emissaries toward Spirit City after confirming their Dragon Pearl was genuine. As the city emerged from the mist, Wei Yun privately questioned the emissaries’ arrival and proposed using the city’s formations against them.

• Luo Yuan told the old man that the visitors were Dragon Clan emissaries carrying a genuine Dragon Pearl, and the old man ordered a welcoming ceremony prepared in Spirit City.
• The old man instructed Wei Yun to notify the clansmen, but Wei Yun questioned the emissaries’ identities and suggested testing them with Spirit City’s formations.
• The old man rebuked Wei Yun and ordered him to prepare the welcome, while Wei Yun concealed his frustration.
• Luo Yuan reflected on the clan’s long-guarded mission as the warship advanced through the mist, and Spirit City emerged ahead.

Wei Yun reported the arrival of the Dragon Clan’s envoys to a mysterious figure and agreed to follow his instructions in exchange for power and status. In the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan’s hall, Lin Fan declined a welcoming banquet and asked Luo Yuan to bring the clan’s Saintess before him.

• Wei Yun entered a hidden cave and told the figure within that Dragon Clan envoys had arrived and defeated the City Lord.
• The figure reminded Wei Yun of his ambition to become master of the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan and offered to help him gain power and status.
• Wei Yun agreed to act according to the figure’s instructions.
• Lin Fan refused Luo Yuan’s offer of a welcoming banquet and requested the clan’s Saintess.
• Luo Yuan sent an elder to fetch the Saintess, who soon entered the hall.

Lin Fan agreed to the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan’s request while Saintess Orchid awakened a dragon-shaped bloodline mark. Outside, the Spirit-Devouring Clan ravaged Spirit City, and Gu Li demanded that Luo Yuan appear.

• Luo Yuan left the great hall to deal with the disturbance outside, while Lin Fan told the Primordial Ancient Dragon to wait.
• Lin Fan agreed to Luo Yuan’s request, and Orchid summoned a golden dragon phantom through her bloodline power.
• Spirit-Devouring Clan attackers wounded dozens of Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan members and wrecked Spirit City.
• Gu Li dismissed a wounded clan elder and demanded that Luo Yuan come out.

Gu Li demanded that Luo Yuan hand over the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan’s Saintess, hoping to provoke a conflict that would justify the Spirit-Devouring Clan’s suppression of the clan. Luo Yuan ordered his clansmen to fight, but Gu Li used the Spirit-Devouring Secret Art to absorb Luo Yuan’s attack and raise his power toward the Demon Immortal Realm as battles broke out around them.

• Gu Li refused Luo Yuan’s offer to let him leave and demanded the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan’s Saintess.
• A white-haired elder urged Luo Yuan to act, and Luo Yuan ordered his clansmen to attack without taking lives.
• Luo Yuan rushed Gu Li and dodged his claw strike before landing a powerful punch.
• Gu Li activated the Spirit-Devouring Secret Art, absorbed Luo Yuan’s attack, and boosted his combat power toward the Demon Immortal Realm.
• The three elders accompanying Luo Yuan engaged Gu Li’s experts, including a burly, dark-red-scaled fighter who attacked one elder.

Gu Li tricked Luo Yuan with a concealed attack and threatened to destroy the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan unless they surrendered their Saintess. Luo Yuan remained calm despite being struck by several poisoned barbs and began tightening his dark-gold scales.

• Luo Yuan ordered Gu Li and the Spirit-Devouring Clan to leave Spirit City.
• Gu Li pretended to surrender, then stabbed Luo Yuan in the chest with a concealed blood-colored barb.
• Gu Li claimed the barb's toxin would corrode Luo Yuan's spirit veins and fired more barbs into him.
• Gu Li mocked Luo Yuan before the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant clansmen and demanded their Saintess.
• Luo Yuan calmly challenged Gu Li's pride in his trick and tightened the dark-gold scales covering his body.

A woman activated ancient golden runes that formed a shifting pattern, while Lin Fan used his Primordial Spirit to uncover its hidden meaning. He identified the pattern as the entrance coordinates of the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest as the woman grew dangerously exhausted.

• The woman activated the golden runes on her body, creating a vast pattern above the hall.
• Little Ruo Xuan, the Black Jade Qilin, and the Primordial Ancient Dragon watched the pattern and reacted to its mysterious power.
• Lin Fan used his Primordial Spirit to inspect the pattern and found a precise spatial coordinate map.
• Lin Fan recognized the map as the entrance coordinates of the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.
• The woman became pale and visibly strained from activating the runes.

Saintess Orchid knelt before Lin Fan and asked him to honor his promise, despite the Primordial Ancient Dragon’s anger. She warned Lin Fan that the Spirit-Devouring Clan also sought the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest and threatened her clan’s survival.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon rebuked Orchid for demanding that Lin Fan act, while Luo Yuan apologized on her behalf.
• Orchid refused Luo Yuan’s plea to apologize, fearing the Spirit-Devouring Clan would destroy the Spirit Vein Dragon Descendant Clan now that its coordinates to the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest had been given away.
• Orchid knelt before Lin Fan to speak, and the Primordial Ancient Dragon moved to strike her.
• Lin Fan stopped the Primordial Ancient Dragon and allowed Orchid to explain herself.
• Orchid told Lin Fan that the troublemakers outside belonged to the Spirit-Devouring Clan, which also wanted the location of the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.