Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin visited Fenyan Valley and apologized to Tang Zhen for taking half of Tang Huo'er's Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame source. His arrival disturbed Old Ancestor Huoyun, who confronted him, recognized his extraordinary youth and strength, then returned to seclusion.

• Tang Huo'er reunited with Xuan Jin, and Tang Zhen invited him into Fenyan Valley after accepting his apology for taking part of her Heavenly Flame source.
• Xuan Jin's spatial disturbance roused Old Ancestor Huoyun from seclusion, and Tang Zhen warned that the powerful Dou Saint had emerged.
• Xuan Jin stopped Tang Zhen from explaining on his behalf and chose to meet Old Ancestor Huoyun personally.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun learned that Xuan Jin was a Pill Tower disciple and a One-Star Dou Saint barely over thirty, and remarked that the younger generation inspired awe.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun told Xuan Jin to use the front gate next time, then returned to his seclusion as Tang Zhen invited Xuan Jin and Tang Huo'er inside.

Xuan Jin visited Fenyan Valley, where he told Tang Huo'er about the five women already by his side and accepted her feelings without promising her a place above them. After he departed for the Void Space, Tang Huo'er chose to train harder while Tang Zhen reeled at learning she would make six women around Xuan Jin.

• Tang Huo'er confessed that she loved Xuan Jin and only wanted to stay by his side, despite learning about the five women in his life.
• Xuan Jin told Tang Huo'er he would leave for a dangerous place in three days, refused to take her along, and promised to visit her when he returned.
• Tang Zhen invited Xuan Jin to dinner, and Tang Huo'er secretly kicked Xuan Jin beneath the table while Tang Zhen drank in silence.
• Xuan Jin said goodbye to Tang Huo'er and crossed through a spatial rift, leaving her at the valley entrance.
• Tang Huo'er told Tang Zhen she would enter the Volcano Core Cultivation Cave and absorb the remaining Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame Origin.
• Tang Zhen learned that Xuan Jin had five women already and Tang Huo'er would make six, and he nearly stumbled in shock.

As East Dragon Island faced growing pressure from the other Dragon Islands, Zi Yan struggled to refine the last of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy. At the Pill Tower, Xuan Yi teased the women about giving her a grand-disciple, and Xuan Jin returned from visiting Tang Huo'er.

• Zhu Li learned that West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island were gathering troops and probing East Dragon Island, while North Dragon King remained silent.
• Zi Yan endured the final, dangerous surge of energy from the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit in seclusion.
• Xuan Yi discussed Xuan Jin’s visit to Tang Huo'er with Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai'er, and Qing Lin.
• Xuan Yi asked which woman would give her a grand-disciple first, embarrassing all four women.
• Xuan Jin returned to the Pill Tower courtyard, where the five women watched him arrive.

Xuan Jin and his companions departed for Ancient Dragon Island with Lin Cang leading them through Void Space. Cao Ying stayed behind at the Pill Tower, while Huo Zhi abandoned her marriage-alliance assignment.

• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai'er, Qing Lin, and Xuan Yi that he planned to bring Huo'er back after visiting Zi Yan, and Cao Ying teased him about his many admirers.
• Xuan Yi announced they would leave soon, then privately wondered about her feelings before returning to her courtyard.
• Three days later, Lin Cang led Xuan Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai'er, and Qing Lin into the teleportation array, while Cao Ying wished them a safe journey.
• Huo Zhi told Cao Ying she had completely given up on pursuing a marriage alliance with Xuan Jin, and Cao Ying encouraged her to tell her Clan Leader the truth.
• Lin Cang guided the group into Void Space and opened a gate through the first spatial barrier on their way to Ancient Dragon Island.

Xuan Jin and his companions crossed the spatial barrier to reach East Dragon Island, where Elder Zhu Li mistook their powerful auras for a threat before recognizing Xuan Jin. Xuan Jin said he had come to see Zi Yan and offer help, and Zhu Li led the group to the main hall to discuss the island’s troubles.

• Lin Cang guided Xuan Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai'er, and Qing Lin through Void Space to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xuan Jin sensed Zi Yan's energy deep within East Dragon Island as his Ancient Dragon Essence Blood and Dragon Seal reacted.
• Zhu Li arrived and unleashed Dragon Might, forcing Cai'er to her knees until Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin resisted it.
• Xuan Jin identified himself and introduced Lin Cang as an early Two-Star Dou Saint, easing Zhu Li's alarm.
• Xuan Jin said he had come for Zi Yan and to help with East Dragon Island's troubles, and Zhu Li led the group into the main hall.

As East Dragon Island faced a possible assault while Zi Yan remained in seclusion, Xuan Jin and his allies arrived to help. Qing Lin entered the Dragon Tomb to refine the Ancient Heavenly Snake soul, while Xuan Jin waited outside Zi Yan’s secret chamber as her transformation neared completion.

• Zhu Li told Xuan Jin that West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island were mobilizing while Zi Yan remained in seclusion refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xuan Jin said his group had arrived in time to aid East Dragon Island, easing Zhu Li’s concerns about the approaching forces.
• Xuan Jin asked Zhu Li to let Qing Lin use the Dragon Tomb to refine the Ancient Heavenly Snake Remnant Soul, and Zhu Li agreed.
• Qing Lin went to the Dragon Tomb after saying goodbye to Xuan Jin, while Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er went to rest and Lin Cang left to survey the island.
• Xuan Jin followed the pull of his Ancient Dragon Essence Blood and Dragon Seal to Zi Yan’s secret chamber and waited outside.
• Zi Yan’s energy surged behind the sealed door, and a brief dragon roar made the island tremble.

Xuan Jin considered sacrificing his Imperial Clan Essence Blood and using the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame to help Zi Yan finish refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Zhu Li arrived with news that her breakthrough was near, but Xuan Mo had reached the front lines.

• Zi Yan sensed Xuan Jin outside the secret chamber, and his presence helped her loosen the final cluster of Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit essence.
• Xuan Jin decided to use his essence blood and flame to accelerate Zi Yan’s refinement, and prepared to contact her through their soul and bloodline connection.
• Zhu Li arrived and said Zi Yan’s dragon roar signaled that her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline was transforming and her breakthrough was close.
• Zhu Li reported that Xuan Mo, commander-in-chief of the Dragon Armor Army and an early Two-Star Dou Saint, had reached the front lines.

Xuan Jin used his Heaven Realm Grand Perfection Soul Power to contact Zi Yan through the sealed chamber and gained her agreement to help catalyze the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. With Zhu Li guarding the passage, Xuan Jin prepared to use his Dou Saint essence blood and Heavenly Flames to accelerate her breakthrough.

• Xuan Jin offered to use his Ancient Dragon Essence Blood and Heavenly Flames to help Zi Yan finish refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, despite the danger of weakening himself before war.
• Xuan Jin revealed that his soul realm had reached Heaven Realm Grand Perfection, and Zhu Li agreed to let him try to penetrate the stone-door seal while the Dragon Guards secured the passageways.
• Xuan Jin threaded his Soul Power through the Dragon Pattern Array by matching the Dragon Seal on his arm, then reached Zi Yan and sent her his plan.
• Zi Yan accepted Xuan Jin's help and told him to hurry because she was hungry.
• Xuan Jin summoned the fused Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame, asked Zhu Li to stabilize the area, and let a drop of his essence blood fall onto the flame.

Xuan Jin infused the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame with three drops of his Dou Saint essence blood to help Zi Yan refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Her bloodline transformation surged into its critical phase, leaving East Dragon Island’s defenders and Xuan Jin’s companions to wait as the energy continued to rise.

• Xuan Jin sacrificed three drops of essence blood to strengthen the flame, then sent it through the stone door’s seal to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan welcomed the flame, and her bloodline began devouring the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s remaining essence as dragon and phoenix roars shook East Dragon Island.
• A violet-gold pillar of light erupted from the island, prompting Zhu Li to activate the Ancient Dragon Clan Array and order the Dragon Guards to hold their positions.
• Cai'er sensed Zi Yan’s bloodline power and worried about Xuan Jin’s sacrificed essence blood, while Xiao Yi Xian reassured her that he knew what he was doing.
• Lin Cang sensed Xuan Jin’s sacrifice and stayed on guard, while Qing Lin remained isolated in the Dragon Tomb refining the Tian She Remnant Soul.

Xuan Jin endured three days of blood, soul, and battle-qi depletion to guide Zi Yan through her bloodline transformation. Zi Yan emerged as an early Five-star Battle Saint, credited Xuan Jin’s essence blood with triggering Emperor Blood Resonance, and found him severely weakened.

• Xuan Jin gave Zi Yan three drops of essence blood and spent three days guiding it through her bloodline while resisting her Dragon Phoenix pressure.
• Cai'er visited the passage but was stopped by Zhu Li, then left a robe; Xiao Yi Xian also came by.
• After Xuan Jin’s Soul Power ran dry, the secret chamber fell completely silent and its Dragon Pattern Array lit up.
• Zi Yan emerged with purple-gold hair and Dragon Phoenix wings, then recognized Xuan Jin and embraced him.
• Zi Yan told Xuan Jin she had reached the early Five-star Battle Saint stage because his essence blood triggered Emperor Blood Resonance and opened more Ancient Dragon Veins.
• Zi Yan noticed Xuan Jin’s terrible complexion and began to heal him with a purple-gold glow.

After Zi Yan emerged as a Five-Star Dou Saint, she refused to let Xuan Jin risk his health further and carried him to her room to recover. She fed him Ancient Dragon Essence Blood and stayed by his bedside as he fell asleep, reflecting on how his essence blood had helped complete her evolution.

• Zi Yan offered Xuan Jin her essence blood, but he refused because her newly evolved bloodline had not stabilized; she then carried him out of the secret chamber despite his protests.
• Zhu Li met them and learned Zi Yan had emerged as a Five-Star Dou Saint; she ordered him to bring all the Ancient Dragon Essence Blood from the treasury to her room.
• Zi Yan gave Xuan Jin a recovery pill and fed him three drops of Ancient Dragon Essence Blood, restoring some color to his face.
• Xuan Jin fell asleep as his body absorbed the medicinal energy, and Zi Yan sat beside him and promised to watch over him.
• Zi Yan reflected that Xuan Jin’s essence blood had catalyzed the essence that had been deadlocked for a month, allowing her to complete her evolution.

After emerging from seclusion as a Five-Star Dou Saint, Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er and learned more about the forces gathering against East Dragon Island. She then met Zhu Li and asked when Elder Qingshan and Elder Qingmu would emerge from seclusion.

• Zi Yan left Xuan Jin resting and met Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er in the corridor, where they discussed the companions who had come to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er that the armies of the Three Dragon Islands had reached the front lines and that the North Dragon King, at least a peak Three-Star Dou Saint, remained the greatest threat.
• Zi Yan sensed Zhu Li and Zhu Huo across East Dragon Island, then went to the Council Hall to meet Zhu Li.
• After sending the Dragon Guards away, Zi Yan asked Zhu Li when Elder Qingshan and Elder Qingmu would emerge from seclusion.

After reaching Five-Star Dou Saint, Zi Yan postponed dealing with the Three Dragon Islands until Xuan Jin awoke and visited Qing Lin as she refined Tian She's Remnant Soul in the Dragon Tomb. Three days later, Xuan Jin woke to find Zi Yan embracing him, and she pinned him in a headlock before he could get a word out.

• Zhu Li reported that Elder Qingshan and Elder Qingmu might soon emerge from seclusion, and Zi Yan said she would wait for Xuan Jin to wake before addressing the Three Dragon Islands.
• Zi Yan visited the Dragon Tomb, sensed that Qing Lin's refinement of Tian She's Remnant Soul was progressing smoothly, and left her undisturbed.
• Zi Yan returned to Xuan Jin's room, changed clothes, embraced him in bed, and fell asleep beside him.
• Three days later, Xuan Jin awoke with much of his strength restored and realized Zi Yan had been holding him.
• Zi Yan woke, hugged Xuan Jin tighter, rolled over, and pinned him in her arms so he could not escape.

Zi Yan confessed her feelings to Xuan Jin, and the two became lovers while East Dragon Island remained under threat. The next morning, they walked together toward the main hall, where Xiao Yi Xian saw them and suspected Xuan Jin had recovered his blood essence in an unexpected way.

• Zi Yan teased Xuan Jin about looking at other women's chests, then kissed him and told him she wanted to become his woman.
• Xuan Jin returned Zi Yan's kiss, and they spent the night together.
• Lie Shan learned East Dragon Island had received reinforcements, but the South Dragon Island forces held position on North Dragon King's orders.
• Xia Ao and Xia Sha kept their West Dragon Island forces at their forward outposts without attacking.
• The next morning, Zi Yan clung to Xuan Jin as they walked toward the main hall, and Xiao Yi Xian saw them and remarked on his depleted blood essence.

Qing Lin emerged from the Dragon Tomb as a Half-Saint after refining the Tian She Remnant Soul. She reunited with Xuan Jin and learned that Zi Yan had become a Five-Star Dou Saint, while Xuan Jin promised to explain what had happened.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Zi Yan about staying close to Xuan Jin, and Xuan Jin asked her to stop.
• Qing Lin broke through from Four-Revolution Dou Venerate to Half-Saint inside the Dragon Tomb by refining the Tian She Remnant Soul.
• Qing Lin came out of the Dragon Tomb and embraced Xuan Jin, celebrating her breakthrough.
• Qing Lin recognized Zi Yan after noticing her transformed appearance, and Zi Yan revealed that she was a Five-Star Dou Saint.
• Xuan Jin deferred explaining the recent events, while Qing Lin and Zi Yan exchanged stories about their experiences.

Xuan Jin proposed faking news that Zi Yan had been gravely injured to lure the three Dragon Kings into East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan could strike before they reacted. Zhu Li and Lin Cang approved the plan, and preparations began while Zi Yan disappeared from public view.

• Zhu Li reported that the West and South Dragon Island armies were nearing East Dragon Island and that the North Dragon King's whereabouts remained unknown.
• Zi Yan said she could defeat the three Dragon Kings if Xuan Jin and Zhu Li held back their forces.
• Xuan Jin warned that a direct battle could let the North Dragon King escape and proposed spreading false news that Zi Yan's cultivation had been damaged.
• Zhu Li revealed that spies from the Three Dragon Islands could carry the false intelligence back to their masters.
• Xuan Jin outlined a plan to hide Zi Yan, stage panic and defensive preparations, and have Zhu Li pretend to seek peace.
• Zhu Li began arranging the deception, and Zi Yan withdrew from public view.

Zhu Li spread false reports that Zi Yan’s breakthrough had failed, prompting the three Dragon Kings to plan an attack on East Dragon Island. As the three days before the assault passed, Xuan Jin recovered and prepared inside the secret chamber while Zi Yan remained hidden.

• Xuan Jin said he had recovered enough to fight an ordinary Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Zhu Li planted reports that Zi Yan’s breakthrough had failed and staged signs of discord and defections on East Dragon Island.
• North Dragon King learned of the supposed failure and secretly planned to use the Dragon Transformation Demon Array to absorb Ancient Void Dragon bloodlines.
• West Dragon King and South Dragon King agreed with North Dragon King to attack East Dragon Island in three days, while North Dragon King demanded custody of Zi Yan.
• Xuan Jin recovered to ninety percent, Zi Yan remained hidden, and Xuan Jin spent the three days circulating eight Heavenly Flames and the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame.

Xuan Jin began creating a flame-based Dou Technique called Myriad Flames Return to Ruins while East Dragon Island prepared for an attack by the other three islands. As the battle began, the North Dragon King broke through toward Zi Yan’s chamber, where he found her waiting with her cultivation suppressed.

• Xuan Jin realized his many Heavenly Flames could form the basis of a personal Dou Technique, then developed a flame field that drew in fire energy and named it Myriad Flames Return to Ruins.
• Three days later, Zhu Li learned that the North, West, and South Dragon Islands were advancing together, and the North Dragon King demanded that East Dragon Island surrender the Dragon Phoenix.
• Zhu Li refused, and the three forces attacked East Dragon Island’s barriers as the battle began.
• The North Dragon King and his Great Elder bypassed the defenses through an eastern reef passage while Xia Ao and Xia Sha held Zhu Li back and Lie Shan engaged Zhu Huo.
• The North Dragon King kicked open Zi Yan’s secluded chamber door and found her standing with her cultivation suppressed.

Zi Yan revealed her Five-Star Dou Saint strength and killed three Dragon Kings’ allies, exposing the North Dragon King’s attempt to seize her as a trap. As East Dragon Island’s defenses crumbled under the invasion, Xuan Jin discovered how to make his flame technique release its absorbed power and began compressing the flames in his chamber.

• Zi Yan killed the Great Elder of North Dragon Island, the West Dragon King, and the South Dragon King in moments, then confronted the surviving North Dragon King.
• Xuan Mo’s forces breached East Dragon Island’s outer barriers while Zhu Li, Lin Cang, and Zhu Huo struggled against the invading elders.
• Cai’er and Xiao Yi Xian waited near Xuan Jin’s chamber as the defenders failed to stop Xuan Mo’s advance.
• Xuan Jin realized that absorbed flame power would overflow and destroy once it reached a critical point.
• Xuan Jin drew the chamber’s fire energy into his palm, causing the temperature to plummet and the stone floor to crack as the Dragon Guards fled.

Xuan Jin emerged from seclusion with the Yan Clan’s Emperor Gold Mark and unleashed Myriad Flames Return to Ruins across the battlefield. He killed Lie Shan and left the Three Islands Allied Forces devastated, while Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu remained trapped under the domain’s suppression.

• Xuan Jin emerged from the shattered stone door, activated his Emperor Gold Mark, and completed all three transformations of Heavenly Flame Three Profound Changes.
• Xuan Jin spread Myriad Flames Return to Ruins across the battlefield, draining fire-attributed energy and burning away more than half of the allied forces’ mid- and lower-level combat power.
• Xuan Jin used Thousand Illusions Flowing Fire and Hundred Veins Burning City Palm to wound Lie Shan, then pierced him through with Crimson Annihilation Divine Light.
• Xuan Mo watched Lie Shan fall and found his own Dou Qi being drained by Xuan Jin’s domain.
• Xuan Jin’s domain weakened Zhu Mu while sparing Lin Cang, who struck Zhu Mu with a palm and sent him flying.